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Connecticut Historical Society
Volume XV
HARTFORD
I'URU.SHED BY THE SOCIETY
1914
Printed by
The Hartford Printing Co.,
(ELIHU GEER SONS,)
i6 State Street, Hartford, Conn.
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY
Elected May 26, 191 4
1128504
President, SAMUEL HART.
Vice-
Presidents,
JAMES J. GOODWIN, Hartford.
SIMEON E. BALDWIN, New Haven.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Norwich.
MORRIS W. SEYMOUR, BKiDOEroRT.
CARL STOECKEL, Norfolk.
FRANK FARNSWORTH STARR, Middletown.
CLARENCE W. BOWEN, Woodstock.
E. STEVENS HENRY, Rockville.
Recording Secretary,
Corresponding Secretary,
Treasurer,
Librarian,
Auditor,
ALBERT C. BATES.
w. DeLoss love.
JOHN F. MORRIS.
ALBERT C. BATES.
EDGAR F. WATERMAN.
I SAMUEL HART, ojicw.
JULIUS GAY.
\ JANE T. SMITH.
) ALBERT C. BATES.
Membership Committee, , GEORGE S. GODARD.
j HENRY A. CASTLE.
/ EDWIN P. TAYLOR,
f F. CLARENCE BISSELL.
Library Committee,
SAMUEL HART, ex offi-cio.
FRANCIS H. PARKER.
THOMAS S. WEAVER.
LUCIUS B. BARBOUR.
Publication Committee,
I SAMUEL HART, officio.
J ALBERT C. BATES.
J LEVERETT BELKNAP.
' FORREST MORGAN.
Committee on
Monthly Papers,
r CHARLES G. WOODWARD.
J ARTHUR L. SHIPMAN.
( FRANCIS PARSONS.
t
THE LAW PAPERS
Correspondence and Documents
DURING
Jonathan Laws Governorship
OF THE
COLONY OF CONNECTICUT
1741 — 17>0
Volume III
January 1747 — October 1750
HARTFORD
CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1914
CONTENTS.
Page
Massachusetts General Court to William Shirley ( D. S. by the
Secretary), Jan. i, 1746/7. Law Papers, II. 146, . . i
Vote of Massachusetts General Court (D. S. by the Secretary).
Jan. 7. 1746/7. Law Papers, II. 148, 2
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S. ), Jan. 9, 1746/7. Law
Papers, II. 149, ......... 3
John Read to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. ), Jan. 13, 1746/7. Law
Papers, I. 347, ......... 4
Proceedings of the King in Council, Jan. 15, 1746/7. Law
Papers, II. 150, ......... 6
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Jan. 20, 1746/7. Law
Papers, II. 155, 7
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Jan. 24, 1746/7. Law
Papers, II. 154, 7
Connecticut’s Address to the King, [Jan. 1746/7.] Connecti-
cut’s Colonial Records, IX. 265, 8
Jonathan Law to William Shirley, Jan. 30, 1746/7. Law
Papers, II. 156, 9
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Feb. 7, 1746/7. Law
Papers, IV. 52, ........ . 10
Elisha Williams and Samuel Talcott to Jonathan Law (A. (of
Williams) L. S.), Feb. 13, 1746/7. Law Papers, V. 45, . 12
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Feb. 14, 1746/7.
Law Papers, IV. 55,. . . . . . . . . 13
Jonathan Law to Duke of Newcastle (A. L. S.), Feb. 17,
1746/7. Law Papers, III. 4, ..... . 14
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. S.), Feb. 20, 1746/7.
Law Papers. III. 5, 15
Jonathan Law to Eliakim Palmer (A. L. S.), Feb. 20, 1746/7.
Law Papers, III. 6, 15
Hezekiah Huntington to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Feb. 28,
1746/7. Law Papers, III. 9, ...... 16
Samuel Welles to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), March 3, 1746/7.
Law Papers, IV. 59, 18
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), March 4, 1746/7.
Law Papers, I. 353, 18
Jean Paul Mascarene to William Shirley, Feb. 8, 1746/7. Law
Papers, III. i, 21
vm
CUNTKNTS.
Action of Massachusetts Council (I). S. by tlie Secretary), Fel).
27, i74()/7. Law Papers, IV. 56 23
Samuel Welles to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. ), March 4, 174^/7.
Law Papers, 111. 13, . . . . . 23
Lliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (L. S.), March ii, 1746/7.
Law Papers, V. 46, 24
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (L. S.), March 13, 1746/7.
Law Papers, V. 47, . . . . . . . . 25
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. S.), March 21, 1746/7.
Law Papers, V. 48, 26
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S. ) April 25, 1747. Law
Papers, V. 49, ......... 27
(Jeorge Clinton to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), May 4, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 17, 28
Jonathan Law to George Clinton (A. (in part) L. S.), May 7,
1747. Law Papers, III. 17 28
John Stoddard to William Shirley, May 13, 1747. Law Papers,
V. 78 28
Gideon Wanton to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), May 14, 1747.
Law Papers, V. 44, 30
John Stoddard to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), May 14, 1747.
Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 114, 31
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), May 15, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 18, 33
Jonathan Law to George Clinton (A. L. of Jonathan Trumble),
May 20, 1747. Law Papers, III. 19, 35
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (L. S.), May, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 23 . . . 36
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (L. S.), May 28, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 20 38
Duke of Newcastle to William Shirley (L. .S. by William Shirley
and Charles Knowles), May 30, 1747. Law Papers, III. 21, 39
Benning Wentworth to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), May 30, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 42 41
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), June i, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 24 42
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. of Jonathan Trumble),
June 3, 1747. Law Papers, III. 25, 43
Jonathan Law to George Clinton (A. L. of Jonathan Trumble),
June, 1747. Law Papers, III. 26, 44
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law, June 4, 1747. Law Papers,
ni. 55 44
Order in Council, May 27, 1747. Law Papers, V’’. 55, , . 45
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (L. S.), June 5, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 27, . . 45
CONTENTS. ix
PaRC
James Wadsworth to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. ), June 8, 1747.
Law Papers III. 28, ........ +6
Israel Williams’ Letter (A. L. S.), June 19, 1747. Law Papers,
V. 50 4f>
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), June 20, 1747. Law'
Papers, III. 29, ........ . 47
John H. Lydius to John Stoddard (L. S. by the Secretary of
Massachusetts), June 17, 1747. Law Papers, V. 79, . . 48
Josiah Willard to Jonathan Law (L. S.), June 20, 1747. Law
Papers III. 30, . . . . . . . 50
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (L. S.), June 21, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 31, ........ . 51
Roger Wolcott to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. ), June 23, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 32, ....... . 51
Nathaniel Stanly to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), June 27, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 49, ....... . 52
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), June 29, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 33 53
Jonathan Law to William Shirley, June 30, 1747. Law Papers,
III. 34 54
Jonathan Law to Josiah Willard (A. L. S.), June 30, 1747. Law'
Papers, III. 34 55
William Shirley to Duke of Bedford (L. S.), July 2, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 35, 55
Jonathan Law to Nathaniel Stanly, July 3, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 36, , . 57
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), July 6, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 37, . . . . . . . . . 58
Deputy Governor and Assistants to Jonathan Law (A. (of
Jonathan Trumble) L. S.), July 6, 1747. Law Papers,
III- 38 59
Josiah Willard to Jonathan Law (L. S.), July 6, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 39, ........ . Oo
Nathaniel Stanly to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), July 8. 1747.
Law Papers, III. 40, 60
James Wadsworth to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), July 8, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 41 61
James Wadsworth to Jonathan Law', (A. L. S.), July g, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 42, 62
Elihu Hall to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. ), July 9, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 43, ........ . 63
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. (in part) L. S. ), July ii,
1747. Law Papers, III. 44, 63
John Stoddard to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), July 13, 1747.
Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 115, . . . . . . 64
X
CONTENTS.
I'liKe
Invoice of (ickxIs (D. S.), June 27, 1747. Law Papers, III. 48, 66
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), July 20, 1747. Law
I’ajjer.s, III. 45, 68
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), July 24, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 46 69
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. S.), July 28, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 50 70
Jonathan Law to Jonathan Belcher (A. L. .S.), Aug. 14, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 51 72
Jabez Hamlin to Jonathan Law (A. L. S ), Aug. 20, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 52, . . . . . . 72
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S. ), Aug. 20, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 54 73
List of Prisoners Returned (1). S. by the Secretary of Massa-
chusetts), Aug. 16, 1747. Law Papers, III. 53, . . 74
Records of Comptroller of the Marine (1). S. by the Secretary
of Massachusetts), July 26, 1747. Law Papers, V. 80, . 75
Marquis de Beauharnois to William Shirley (D. S. by the Sec-
retary of Massachusetts), July 26, 1747. Law Papers, III. 47, 77
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. .S.), Aug. 26, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 54, 82
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Aug. 26, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 55, 83
Roger Wolcott to Jonathan Law (L. S. ), Sep. 4, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 56, . . . . . 84
Jonathan Law to Roger Wolcott (L. S.), Sep. 5, 1747. Roger
Wolcott Papers, I. 116, 85
Thomas Hill to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Sep. 15, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 57 86
John Read to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), Sep. 21, 1747. Roger
Wolcott Papers, I. 117, 87
Report of Commissioners (D. S.), Sep. 28, 1747. Law Papers,
HI. 58, 89
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Oct. 21, 1747. Law
Papers. III. 59, . . . . . . . . . 96
John Stoddard to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), Oct. 26, 1747.
Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 118, . . . . . . 96
Jonathan Law to William Shirley, Oct. 28, 1747. Law Papers,
III. 60, ........... 98
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Oct. 29, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 61, ........ . 99
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. S.), Nov. 2, 1747.
Law Papers, HI. 63, 102
Jonathan Law to Eliakim Palmer (A. L. S.), Nov. 20, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 65, 103
CONTENTS. xi
Pa^e
Jonathan Law to Samuel Welles (A. L. S.), Nov. 20, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 67, 106
Jonathan Law to Peter Warren (A. L. S. ), Nov. 22, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 66, 106
Elisha Williams to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Nov. 25, 1747.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 43, 107
Jonathan Law to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S. ), Nov. 26, 1747.
Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 119, 108
Roger Wolcott to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. of Wolcott and
William Pitkin), Nov. 27, 1747. Law Papers, III. 67, . 109
Jonathan Law’s CertiKcate (D. S. ), Dec. i, 1747. Law Papers,
III. 79, . . . . . . . . . . . Ill
Muster Rolls (D. S.), May 30, 1746, to Oct. 31, 1747. Public
Record Office, London, War Office 28, Vol. I, . . . 114
James Church to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Dec. 2, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 68, ......... 160
Samuel Welles to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Dec. 2, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 69, 161
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Dec. 2, 1747. Law
Papers III. 70, ......... 162
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S. ), Dec. 3, 1747, Law
Papers, III. 71, ........ . 164
Resolves of Massachusetts General Court (D. S. by the Secre-
tary), Oct. 30, 1747. Law Papers, III. 62, . . . . 165
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.). Dec. 3, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 73, 167
Josiah Willard to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), Dec. 3, 1747.
Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 120, ...... 167
Samuel Welles to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S. ), Dec. 4, 1747.
Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 121, 168
James Church to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Dec. 8, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 74, 170
Jonathan Law to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), Dec. 10, 1747-
Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 122, . . . . . .170
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. S.), Dec. 12. 1747-
Law Papers, V. 52, and III. 75 172
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Dec. 22, 1747. Law
Papers, III. 77, ........ . 175
John Read to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), Dec. 29, 1747. Roger
Wolcott Papers, I. 123 178
William Pepperrell to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Dec. 29, 1747.
Law Papers, III. 78, ....... • 180
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Jan. 5, 1747/8. Law
Papers, II. 147, ......... 181
Xll
CONTKNTS.
James Church to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Jan. 15, 17.47/8.
Law I’a])ers, III. 72 igi
ICliakim Palmer to the Commi.ssioners of the Treasury. Law
Papers. II.
Merchants Petition to the Lords of the 'I'reasury. Law
Papers. II. 152 igj
Roger Wolcott to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.). Jan. 18, 1747/8.
Roger Wolcott Papers. I. 124. ...... 186
(leorge Clinton to Jonathan Law(L. S.), Jan. 19. 1747/8. Law
Paper.s. 11. 153 ig,
Jonathan Law to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), Jan. 21. 1747/8.
R«)ger Wolcott Papers, I. 124. . . . . . igg
New York s Commissioners to Connecticut’s Commissioners
(A. (of Livington) L. S.). Jan. 26. 1747/8. Roger Wolcott
Papers. I. 112 ,g,^
Jonathan Law to George Clinton (L. S.). Jan. 26. 1747/8. Law
Papers. II. 153 ,gg
Jonathan Law to Kliakim Palmer (A. L.). Jan. 27. 1747/8.
Law Papers. III. 65 1,^0
Isaac Hrown to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Jan. 27, 1747/8.
Law Papers, IV. 79 ,,j2
Jonathan Law to William Pepperrell (A. L. S.), Jan. 27, 1747/8.
Law Papers, IV. 80, k^3
Roger Wolcott to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Jan. 30, 1747/8.
Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 125,
Proclamation for a Fast (A. D. S.), Feb. 1747/8. Law Paper.s,
^ 194
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Feb. i, 1747/8. Law
Papers, IV. 81
Jonathan Law to Eliakim Palmer (A. L. S.), Feb. 2, 1747/8.
Law Paper.s, IV. 83, ,^7
C. M. Collins to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), Feb. 3, 1748. Roger
Wolcott Papers, I. 113 igg
James Church to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Feb. 4, 1747/8.
Law Papers, IV. 82, iqq
Oliver Wolcott to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Feb. 4, 1747/8.
Law Paper.s, V. 43 200
Jonathan Law to George Clinton (A. L. S.), Feb. 6, 1747/8.
Law Paper.s, IV’^. 84, 200
Gideon Wanton to Jonathan Law (L. ,S.), Feb. 8, 1747/8. Law
Papers, II. 158, 201
Rhode Island’s Remonstrance to Jonathan Law (D. S.), Feb.
3, 1747/8. Law Papers, II. 157, 202
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Feb. g, 1747/8.
Law Papers, II. 159 205
CONTENTS. Xlll
I’affc
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S. ), Feb. lo, 1747/8.
Law Papers, III. 2, . . . . . . . 206
John Bulkley and Seth Wetmore to Jonathan Law (A. (of
Bulkley) L. S.), Feb. 12, 1747/8. Law Papers, IV. 85, . 207
Jonathan Law to James Church, Feb. 13, 1747/8. Law Papers,
IV. 86 208
James Church to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Feb. 15, 1747/8.
Law Papers, IV. 87, 209
Nathanael Eells to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Feb. 15, 1747/8.
Connecticut Historical Society, ...... 209
Elihu Halle to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Feb. 16, 1747/8. Law
Papers, V. 53, 210
Jonathan Law to Gideon Wanton (A. L. S.), Feb. 16, 1747/8.
Law Papers, V. 84, . . . . . . . 21 1
Samuel Lynde, Jonathan Trumble and others to Jonathan
Law (A. (of Trumble) L. S.) Feb. 16, 1747/8. Law Papers,
IV. 88, 212
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Feb. 17, 1747/8. Law
Papers, III. 3, 215
Jonathan Law to George Clinton (A. L. S.), Feb. 17, 1747/8.
Law Papers, IV. 89, . . . . . . . . 215
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Feb. 22, 1747/8.
Law Papers, III. 7, . . . . . . , . 216
Duke of Bedford to Colony of Connecticut (L. S. ), Feb. 25,
1747/8. Connecticut Archives : War, IV. 371, . . . 217
Proclamation against French Trade, Feb. 19, 1747/8. Gentle-
men’s Magazine, XVIII. 71, . . . . . . . 218
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S. ), Feb. 29, 1747/8.
Law Papers, III. lo, ....... . 219
Report of Committee of Massachusetts General Court (D. S.
by the Secretary), Feb. 26, 1747/8. Law Papers, III. 8, . 221
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Feb. 29, 1747/8.
Law Papers, III. 11, ....... . 221
Jonathan Law to John Ledyard (A. L. S.), March 2, 1747/8.
Law Papers, IV. 92, ....... . 222
Josiah Willard to Jonathan Law (L. S. ), March 5, 1747/8.
Law Papers, V. 54, ........ 223
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (L. S.), March 5, 1747/8.
Law Papers, III. 12, 224
Jonathan Law to Guidon Saltonstall (A. L. S.), March 5, 1747/8.
Law Papers, IV. 91 224
Jonathan Law to George Clinton, March 6, 1747/8. Law
Papers, III. 14, 225
Jonathan Law to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), March 6, 1747/8.
Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 126, 225
XIV
CONTENTS.
I'atfe
Ro^cr Wolcott to Jonathan I>a\v (L. S.), March 8, 1747/8.
Law Papers, III. 15 22(>
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), March ii, 1747/8.
Law Papers, 111. ih, . . . 227
Seth Wctmore and 'I'homas (loodwin to Jonathan Law (A. (of
Goodwin) L. S.), March 14, 1747/8. Law Papers, IV. 93, . 228
Jonathan Law to Seth Wetmore and 'I'homas Goodwin, March
16, 1747/8. Law Papers, IV. 93 229
Gurdon Saltonstall to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. ), March 19,
1747/8. Law Papers, IN’. 94 229
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. S. ), March 19, 1747/8.
Law Papers, IV. 95 230
Jonathan Law to the Committee of War, March 20, 1747/8.
Law Papers, IV. 96, ....... . 231
Jonathan Law to Gideon Wanton, March 21, 1747/8. Law
Papers, IV. 97, '. . 232
Caleb Griswold to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), March 21, 1747/8.
Law Papers, IV. 98 233
John Ledyard and Jeremiah Miller to Jonathan Law (L. S.),
March 2O, 1748. Law Papers, IV. 99 233
Jonathan Law to Jeremiah Miller, March 30, 1748. Law
Papers, IV. 100, 233
Jonathan Law to Michael Burnham, March 30, 1748. Law
Papers, IV. loi, 234
Roger Wolcott to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), March 31, 1748.
Law Papers, IV. 102, ........ 234
Jonathan Law to John Ledyard (A. L. S.), May 7, 1748. Law
Papers, IV. 104, 235
John Stoddard to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), May 22, 1748.
Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 127, ...... 236
Michael Burnham to Jonathan Law (A; L. S. ), May 24, 1748.
Law Papers, V. 56, 238
Jonathan Law to Eliakim Palmer, May 25, 1748. Law Papers,
IV. 105, 239
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), May 25, 1748.
Law Papers, IV. 106, 240
Jonathan Law to Michael Burnham (A. L. S.), May 28, 1748.
Law Papers, IV. 107, ........ 240
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), June 4, 1748. Law
Papers, IV. 108, 241
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), June 6, 1748.
Law Papers, V. 85, ........ 242
Thomas Hill to Colony of Connecticut (L. S.), June 8, 1748.
Connecticut Archives: Foreign Correspondence, I. 163, . 242
CONTENTS. XV
Page
Hoard of Trade’s Queries. Connecticut Archives: Foreign
Correspondence, I. if)4, . . . . . . . 243
Board of Trade to Colony of Connecticut (L. S.), June 8, 1748,
Connecticut Archives; Foreign Correspondence, I. 163a, 244
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), June ii, 1748. Law
Papers, IV. 109, ......... 246
Jonathan Law to George Clinton (A. (in part)L. S.), June ii,
174S. Law Papers, IV. no 247
Gurdon Saltonstall to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), June 13, 1748.
Law Papers, III. 80, ....... . 248
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. S.), June 14, 1748.
Law Papers, IV. iii, . . . . . . . . 248
Jonathan Law to Jeremiah Miller, June 14, 1748. Law Papers,
IV. 1 12, 249
George Wyllys to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), June 15, 1748.
Law Papers, III. 81, 250
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (L. S.), June 20, 1748.
Agents Letters, 74, • 251
Jonathan Law to Gurdon Saltonstall, June 22, 1748. Law
Papers, IV. 113, ......... 252
Thomas Hill to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), June 27, 1748. Law
Papers, IV. 114 ' . . . . 253
Duke of Bedford to Colony of Connecticut (L. S.), June 28,
1748. Connecticut Archives: Foreign Correspondence,
I. 163b 254
Jonathan Law to Jeremiah Miller (L. S.), June 29, 1748. Law
Papers, IV. 115, ......... 254
Gurdon Saltonstall to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), June 29, 1748.
Law Papers, III. 82, ....... . 255
Jeremiah Miller to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. ), June 29, 1748.
Law Papers, III. 83, 256
Jonathan Law to Thomas Hill (A. L. S.), July i, 1748. Law
Papers, IV. 116, 257
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), July 23, 1748.
Law Papers, IV. 117,.- 257
Roger Wolcott to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), July 25, 1748.
Law Papers, III. 85, 259
Josiah Willard to William Shirley, July 15, 1748. Law Papers,
HI. 84, 260
Jonathan Law to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), July 27, 1748.
Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 128, ...... 261
Jonathan Law to Andrew Burr, Aug. i, 1748. Law Papers,
III. 86, ........... 262
Jonathan Law to the Committee of War (A. L. S), Aug. 2,
1748. Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 129, ..... 263
XVI
CONTENTS.
I’lijcc
(iitrdol) Sultonslall l<> Jonathan Law (A. L. .S.), Anj.(. 4, 1748.
Law Papers, 111. 95, . 2O3
ICliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.) Auj{. 6, 1748.
Agents Letters, 17, 2(14
Duke of Bedford to Colony of Connecticut (L. S.) Aug. 9,
1748. State Archives: Poreign Correspondence, 1. 163c. . 2O5
Hliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Aug. 2(>, 1748.
Agents Letters, 18, 26O
Jonathan Law to William Pitkin, Sept. 7, 1748. Law Papers,
III. 93. 2(17
ICliakim Palmer to Joiiatluin Law (A. L. S.), Sept. 27, 174S.
Agents Letters, 25, 2()8
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law ( L. S.), Oct. 15, 1748. Law
Papers, 111. 87 269
Action of Massachusetts General Court (D. S. by the Secre-
tary), Nov. 3, 1748. Agents Letters, 20 270
Josiah Willard to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Nov. 4, 1748. Agents
Letters, 21 271
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (A. (of Josiah Willard)
L. S. ), Nov. 4, 1748. Law Papers, 111. 92, ... 272
Lewis Morris to Jonathan Law (L. S. ), Nov. 12, 1748. Law
Papers, III. 94 272
Jonathan Law to the Committee on War (A. L. S. ), Nov. 14,
1748. Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 130, ..... 273
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. S.), Nov. 14, 1748.
Law Papers, III. 88, 274
Jonathan Law to George Wyllys (A. L. S.), Nov. 14, 1748. .
Law Papers, III. go, . . . . . . . . 275
Jonathan Law to Josiah Willard (A. L.), Nov. 14, 1748.
Law Papers, III. 89, ....... . 275
Jonathan Law to Eliakim Palmer (A. L.), Nov. 14, 1748.
Law Papers, III. 91, ....... . 276
George Wyllys to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Nov. 18, 1748.
Agents Letters, 22, 278
Jonathan Law to Jeremiah Miller, Nov. 23. 1748. Law Papers,
IV. 1 18 279
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Dec. i, 1748.
Agents Letters, 73, 279
Report of the Attorney General and Solicitor General, Nov. 23,
1748. Agents Letters, 24 281
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. S.), Dec. 6, 1748.
Law Papers, IV. 119, . . . . . . . . 283
Jeremiah Miller to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Dec. (>, 1748.
Law Papers, III. g6.
284
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Jeremiah Miller to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. ). Dec. 12, 1748.
Law Papers, III. 97, 285
Josiah Willard to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Jan. 28, 1748/9.
Law Papers, V. 20, ........ 286
Samuel Welles to Roger Wolcott (A. L. S.), Jan. 31, 1748/9.
Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 131, 287
Samuel Lynde and John Richards to Jonathan Law (A. (of
Richards) L. S.) Feb. 16, 1748/9. Law Papers, IV. 120, . 290
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (A. (of Josiah Willard) L. S.),
Feb. 16, 1748/9. Law Papers, IV. 90, .... 290
Israel Williams to William Shirley (L. S. by the Secretary of
Massachusetts), Feb. 13, 1748/9. Law Papers, V. 21,. . 291
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L.), March 3, 1748/9.
Law Papers, III. 99 292
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (L. S. ), March 4, 1748/9.
Massachusetts Historical Society: 81.1.53, • • • 295
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), March 13, 1748/9.
Agents Letters, 28, ........ 296
James Wadsworth to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), April 5, 1749.
Law Papers, IV. 103, 296
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. ), April 15, 1749.
Massachusetts Historical Society; 81. 1.54, . . . 297
George Clinton to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), May i, 1749. Law
Papers, HI. 102, 298
Thomas Hancock to Jonathan Law (L. S.), May 8, 1749. Law
Papers, III. 103 300
Colony of Connecticut to the Board of Trade (D. S.), May ii,
1749. State Archives : Foreign Correspondence, I. 165, . 300
Henry Norris, Jr., to Ralston and Palmer, May 27, 1749.
Agents Letters, 29, 304
Executors of Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (L. S.), May
28, 1749. Law Papers, III. 104 306
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. S.), June 2, 1749. Law
Papers, III. 107, 307
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), June 3, 1749. Law
Papers, HI. 106, 307
Jonathan Law to Thomas Hancock (A. L. S.), June 13, 1749.
Law Papers, III. 108, 308
Jeremiah Miller to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), June 13, 1749.
Law Papers, HI. 109, 309
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. S.), June 13, 1749.
Law Papers, III. no, ........ 310
Jonathan Law to George Wyllys (A. L. S.), June 19, 1749-
Law Papers, III. in 310
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Jonathan Trunible to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), June 2O, 1749.
Law Paper.s, III. 114, 312
(leorjfe Clinton to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. ), July 3. 1749. Law
Paper.s, 111. 1 15 313
Hubert Marshall to George Clinton (L. S. by Clinton), June 23,
1749. Law Papers, III. 112, ....... 314
Lusignan to George Clinton (L. S. by Clinton), June 27, 1749.
Law Papers, V. 86, . . . . . 315
Depositions of Thomas Cuinming and John Wollaston, June
24, 1749. Law Papers, III.113 315
Jonathan Law to George Clinton (A. L.), July 6, 1749. Law
Papers, III. 1 17 320
Jonathan Law to Balston & Palmer (A. L. S.), July 11, 1749.
Law Papers, III. 118, . . . . . . . . 322
Jonathan Law to Jonathan Trumble, July ii, 1749. Law
Papers, III. 119 323
Roger Wolcott to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), July 17, 1749. Law
Papers, III. 120 324
Nathaniel Balston & Co. to Jonathan Law, July 22, 1749. Law
Papers, III. 121, 122, ........ 325
Jonathan Law to William Shirley (A. L. S.), July 24, 1749.
Law Papers, III. 123 326
Roger Wolcott to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Aug. 2, 1749. Law
Papers, III. 124 327
Duke of Bedford to Colony of Connecticut, Aug. 4, 1749. State
Archives: Foreign Correspondence, 1. 166 327
Jeremiah Miller to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Aug. 8, 1749.
Law Papers, III. 125, ........ 328
Jonathan Law to Jeremiah Miller (A.L.S.), Aug. 8, 1749. Law
Papers, III. 126, 329
Jonathan Law to Jeremiah Miller, Aug. 15, 1749. Law Papers,
HI. 127 331
Jeremiah Miller to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Aug. 17, 1749.
Law Papers, III. 128, . 331
William Shirley to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Aug. 21, 1749. Law
Papers, III. 129, 333
Thomas Hill to Colony of Connecticut, Aug. 28, 1749. State
Archives: Foreign Correspondence, I. 167, .... 333
Jonathan Belcher to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Sep. 6, 1749. Law
Papers, III. 130, 334
Nathaniel Balston & Co. to Jonathan Law, Sep. ii, 1749. Law
Papers, III. 131 335
Jonathan Law to Eliakim Palmer’s Executors (L. S.), Oct. 27,
1749. Law Papers, III. 132, .
336
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Jonathan Law to Duke of Bedford (A. (of Jonathan Trumble)
L. S.), Oct. 1749. Law Papers, III. 132, .... 337
Ephraim Williams to Elisha Williams (A. L. S.), Oct. 24, 1749-
Connecticut Historical Society, ...... 338
Jonathan Law to Benjamin Avery (A. (of Jonathan Trumble
in part and of Jonathan Law in part) L. S.), Oct. 27, 1749-
Law Papers, III. 133, 134 340
Spencer Phips to Jonathan Law (A. (of Josiah Willard) L. S. ),
Nov. 3, 1749. Law Papers, III. 135, 343
Charge of the Ship La Vierge de Grace (D. S.), Sep. 12, 1749.
Law Papers, V. 87, ........ 345
Jonathan Law to Spencer Phips (A. L. S.), Nov. 14, 1749.
Law Papers, III. 13O, . . . . . . . . 345
Expenses of Intended E.xpedition against Canada, 1750. Massa-
chusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 30, . 347
Jonathan Parsons to Elisha Williams (A. L. S.), Jan. 8,
1749/50. Connecticut Historical Society, .... 350
Jonathan Law to Spencer Phips (A. L. S.), Jan. 13, 1749/50.
Law Papers, III. 138, 355
Roger Wolcott to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Jan. 22, 1749/50.
Law Papers, III. 139 356
William Shirley to Elisha Williams (L. S. ), Feb. 12, 1749/50.
Connecticut Historical Society, ...... 358
William Shirley to Elisha Williams with Williams’ Observa-
tions (A. L. S. of Williams), Feb. 12, 1749/50. Law
Papers, III. 98, . . . . . . . . . 360
Richard Partridge to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Feb. 16, 1749/50.
Law Papers, HI. 140, ........ 363
Benjamin Avery to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Feb. 17, 1749/50.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 2, . 366
Elisha Williams to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Feb. 21, 1749/50.
Massachusetts Historical Society: 81. i. 52, ... 369
Elisha Williams to Jonathan Trumble (A. L. S.), Feb. 21,
1749/50. Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull
Papers, I. i, 372
Benjamin Avery to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. ), March 8, 1749/50.
Massachusetts Historical Society: 81. i. 55, . . . 380
Josiah Willard to Jonathan Law (L. S.), March 10, 1749/50.
Law Papers, III. 100, ........ 381
Roger Wolcott to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), March 10, 1749/50.
Law Papers, III. 142 382
Richard Partridge to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), March 26, Apiil
3, 1750. Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull
Papers, I. 5, 383
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Pftjfe
Nathaniel Stanly to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), March 26, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 4, . 384
Jonathan Law to Nathaniel Stanly, George Wyllys and Joseph
Buckingham, March 27, 1750. Massachusetts Historical
Society: 'I'rumbull Papers, I. 0, . . . . . . 385
George Whitefield to Elisha Williams (A. L. S.), March 31,
1750. Connecticut Historical Society, .... 386
Duke of Bedford to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), April 14, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 7, . 386
Richard Partridge to Jonathan Law (L. S. ), May ii, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 9, 387
Elisha Williams Letter (A. L. S.), May 15, 1750. Massachu-
setts Historical Society, Trumbull Papers, I. 8, . . . 387
Elisha Williams to William Williams (A. L. S.), May 26, 1750.
New York Public Library: Emmett Papers, 112, . . 395
Abiel Walley to Joseph Pitkin (A. L. S.), May 29, 1750. Roger
Wolcott Papers, I. 133, 396
Thomas Hill to Governor and Company of Connecticut, May
29, 1750. Roger Wolcott Papers, I. 134, .... 397
Jonathan Law to Thomas Tousey, June 9, 1750. Law Papers,
III. 143 398
Jonathan Law to Thomas Fitch, June ii, 1750. Law Papers,
III- 399
Thomas Fitch to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), June 12, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 12, 399
Jonathan Law to Eliakim Palmer’s Executors (A. L. S.), June
19, 1750. Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull
Papers, I. 13 400
Jonathan Law to Elisha Williams (A. L. S. ), June 19, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 14, 401
Jonathan Law to Benjamin Avery (A. L. S.), June 19, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 15, 402
Jonathan Law to Thomas Fitch (A. L. S.), June 22, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. iC, 404
Richard Partridge to Jonathan Law (L. S.), June 23, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 17, 404
Jonathan Law to George Wyllys, June 25, 1750. Massachu-
setts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 18, . . 405
Jonathan Law to Richard Partridge (L. S. ), June 25, 1750.
Agents Letters, 33, ........ 406
George Wyllys to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), June 27, 1750.
Law Papers, III. 144, 414
Jonathan Law to George Wyllys (A. L.), July i, 1750. Massa-
chusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 19, . 415
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Jabez Hamlin to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), July 2, 1750. Massa-
chu.setts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 20, . 416
George Wyllys to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), July 3, 1750.
Law Papers, HI. 145 416
Jonathan Law to Thomas Fitch (A.L.S.), July 5, 1750. Massa-
chusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 21, . 418
Jonathan Law to Richard Partridge (A. L. S.), July 5, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, II.
218, 418
Jeremiah Miller to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), July ii, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society : Trumbull Papers, I. 22, 419
Samuel Talcott to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), July 17, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 23, 420
Lords Commissioners for Trade to Governor and Company of
Connecticut (L. S.), July ig, 1750. New York Public
Library: Bancroft Papers 421
Jonathan Law to George Wyllys (A. L. S.), Aug. 8, 1750.
Law Papers, HI. 146, 422
Jonathan Law to Phineas Lyman (A. L. S. ), Aug. 8, 1750.
Law Papers, III. 147, 423
Richard Partridge to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Aug. ii, 13, 14,
1750. Massachusetts Historical Society : Trumbull Papers,
1-24 423
Jonathan Law to Peter Van Brugh Livingston (A. L. S.),
Sept F3, 1750. Massachusetts Historical Society: Trum-
bull Papers, I. 25 . . . . . . , . . 426
Jonathan Law to Richard Partridge (A. L. S.), Sept, 17, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers I. 26, 426
Peter Van Brugh Livingston to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.),
Sept. 18, 1750. Massachusetts Historical Society: Trum-
bull Papers, I. 27, 427
Richard Partridge to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Sept. 19, 1750.
Law Papers, HI. 149, . • 428
Elisha Williams to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), Oct. 3, 1750.
Law Papers, HI. 151 429
Richard Partridge to Jonathan Law (L. S.), Oct. 18, 1750.
Massachusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, I. 29, 431
Samuel Mason’s Petition to the King. New York Public
Library: Chalmers Papers, HI 433
Jonathan Law to Duke of Bedford (A. L. of Jonathan Trumble),
May-Oct. 1750. Law Papers, HI. 150, .... 435
Jonathan Law to Duke of Bedford (A. L. of Jonathan Trumble),
Oct.-Dec. 1750. Law Papers, V. 89, . . . . . 438
Peter Bours to Jonathan Law (A. L. S. ), Nov. 7, 1750. Massa-
chusetts Historical Society: Trumbull Papers, II. 234, . 439
Sketch of Jonathan Law, Nov. 7, 1750. Law Papers, V. 88, . 440
APPENDIX.
Paffe
Jean Paul Mascarene to William Shirley (I). S. by the Secre-
tary of Massachusetts), May 21, 1744. Law Papers, II. 4, 445
Jonathan Law to Jeremiah Miller, June 19, 1744. Connecticut
Historical Society, 446
Commanding Officer at Oswego to George Clinton, (Nov. 17,
1744 1 Connecticut Historical Society, .... 447
David Wooster to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), April 2, 1745.
Connecticut Historical Society, ...... 448
Pilots to Roger Wolcott (A. (of West) L. S. ), April ii, 1745.
Connecticut Historical Society, ...... 448
Eliakim Palmer’s Bill (D. S.), Aug. i. 1745. Agents Letters, 5, 449
Gurdon Saltonstall to John Hubbard (A. L. S.), Sep. 30, 1745.
Connecticut Historical Society, ...... 450
Josiah Willard to William Shirley (L. S. by the Secretary of
Massachusetts), Oct. 12. 1745. Connecticut Historical
Society, 451
Duke of Newcastle to Jonathan Law (L. S.), March 14, 1745/6.
Council Orders, 89, ........ 452
Nathaniel Stanly to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), June 7, 1746.
Connecticut Historical Society, ...... 453
Jonathan Law to Nathaniel Stanly, June 8, 1746. Connecticut
Historical Society, ........ 454
J. Osborne to Jonathan Law (L. S.), July 21, 1746. Connecti-
cut Historical Society, ....... 454
Report of Commissioners for Trade and Plantations and Sec-
retary at War. May 14, 1747. Agents Letters, 82, . . 455
Order in Council, May 21, 1747. Agents Letters, 8, . . 456
Thomas Welles' Bill (A. D. S.), Nov. 17, 1747. Law Papers,
V. 51 457
Jabez Hamlin’s Bill (D. S.), Nov. 17, 1747. Law Papers,
V. 81 458
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law, Nov. 18, 1747. Agents
Letters, ii 460
Hezekiah Huntingdon’s Bill (A. D. S.), Nov. 19, 1747. Law
Papers, V. 82, 460
Gurdon Saltonstall’s Bill (D. S.) Nov. 19, 1747. Law Papers,
V. 83 462
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Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), April lo, 1748.
Agents Letters, ii, 464
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (L. S. ), April ii, 1748.
Agents Letters, 12, • . . 464
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (L. S.). April 25, 1748.
Agents Letters, 14, 465
Duke of Bedford to Jonathan Law (L. S.), May 7, 1748. Coun-
cil Orders, 15, 4O6
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law (L. S.), May 24, 1748.
Agents Letters, 15, 4C6
Richard Aldworth to Colony of Connecticut (L. S.), Aug. 27,
1748. Council Orders, 19, 467
Duke of Bedford to Colony of Connecticut (L. S.), Feb. 6,
1748/g. Council Orders, 21, 468
Duke of Bedford to Colony of Connecticut (L. S.), July 19,
1749. Council Orders, 22 469
Thomas Palmer to Colony of Connecticut (L. S.), 1750.
Agents Letters, 36, • . 470
Benjamin Avery to Jonathan Law (A. L. S.), June 6, 1750.
Connecticut Historical Society, ...... 471
Eliakim Palmer’s Executors’ Bill, Aug. 24, 1750. Agents
Letters, 77, ......... . 473
Concluding Note, ......... 475
Index, • 477
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LAW PAPERS.
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL COURT TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY
In Council January i, 1746.
* Voted that the following message be sent to His
Excellency the Captain General by Jacob Wendell, Samuel
Watts Joseph Dwight and Andrew Oliver Esq*'® with such
as the Hont>ie House of Representatives shall join Viz‘
May it please your Excellency
In your Speech from the Chair of the 30**1 of
Decemi" you have been pleased to give the two houses a
particular account of the several Steps taken preparatory to
the Expedition which your Excellency had determined
against the French Enemy at Crown point, and to lay
before them several Letters & papers referred to in
your Speech all which have been duly Considered by them.
Your Excellency likewise has been pleased to desire the
advice of the two houses in the present Emergency They
beg leave in answer to Represent to your Excellency that
they have always look’d upon the Recovery of Crown point
to be of vast Importance to his majestys Interest and altho
it would have been impossible for this province under all
their former pressures to have gone thro the Charges of
such an Expedition, yet when your Excellency proposed
the employing in this Service, part of the New raised
Forces in his majestys pay, the two houses agreed upon the
Charge of Subsisting Fifteen hundred of them, and they
have made all provision for that purpose that could be
expected, and they depended upon your Excellency to
Concert such measures with the other Governments as were
proper for executing this design, but as there seems to be
some danger of a failure on the part of some of the said
Governm*® the two houses think themselves Obliged from a
just Care and concern for those Forces who are a part of
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the people of this province further to Represent to your
E.xoellency that they cannot think it aclvi.seable for the 1500
men rais’d in & proposd to be subsisted by this Governm*
to engage alone in this undertaking but on the other hand
they are humbly of opinion that if the New Hampshire
Forces be employed to give the EnejmyJ a Diversion in
another part of their settlements, The Troops from th[is]
province with the Connecticutt Troops & a vStrong party juf
Indians [ofj the Six Nations would make a greater Force
than the Enemy would be able to Repel, especially if such
of the Southern Forces as [are] free from the Distempers
that have prevailed amongst them shfouldj join in the
undertaking.
Sent down for Concurrence
J. Willard Secry
In the House of Rep^es Jan 1746.
Read & Concurr’d & Col Stoddard Col° Heath Col°
Richards M'' Royal & Otis are Joyned in the affair.
T. Hutchinson Spkr
Copy Examined ^ J. Willard Secry
VOTE OF MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL COURT.
In the House of Rep''®® Janv 7. 1746.
Whereas the Extremity of the Season renders it very
Difficult, if not impracticable to Transport any quantity of
provisions from Connecticutt to Albany
Therefore Voted that whatever provisions remain over
& above what shall be necessary for three months Subsist-
ence of fifteen hundred men or so many of the forces Subsist-
ed by this Governmt as shall proceed on the Expedition
against Crown point be delivered by M*' Moses Emerson the
Commissary to the order of the Governm‘ of Connecticutt
for the use of their Forces, they paying such proportion of
the Charge as that Government must have been at in the
ordinary Transportation of the same from Connecticutt to
Albany & returning the like quantity in Specie within six
months to be delivered at Boston to the Commissary
WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
3
General or any Committee that shall be Appointed by
this Court for that purpose And further the said
Emerson is hereby impowered and directed to receive from
the Stores of the Connecticutt Forces such Fresh provisions
in Exchange for Salt as shall be judged by the principal
Officers of each Governing to be of Common service to both.
Sent up for Concurrence
T. Hutchinson Sphr
In Council Janv 7, 1746.
Read & Concurr’d
J. Willard Secry
Consented to
W. Shirley
Copy Examined ^ J. Willard Secry
[Indorsed by Law] Act of Assembly at Boston Jan"" 7 1746-7
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston January 9. 1746
Sir,
This goes by Coll° Williams to let j^our Honour
know how much this Government has at heart the Prose-
cution of the Expedition against Crown Point & what
Dependance we have upon being assisted by your Forces;
you will find by the inclosed Copies in some of w^h is
contain’d an acc‘ of our Provisions sent to Albany In my
Letter of the 22^ of December last (which is herewith
inclosed) I have endeavoured to answer all your Objections
as mentioned in your last Letter, That of your not having
sent your Provisions to Albany River is I think obviated by
the Vote of the General Court here to supply you in part,
And Coll° Williams and Coll° Pitkin are of Opinion that
there can be no Difficulty in providing the rest, by driving fat
Cattle & Swine with the Army, which may be exchanged
for our Salt Provisions. It appears to me that the Execu-
tion of this Design against Crown Point will entirely depend
upon the Resolution of your Government thereon, at least
this Government is determined that if no Attempt be made
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for it this Winter, & thereupon the Six Nations should go
over to the French Interest (the fatal Effects which will
probably ensue thereupon being such as are not to be
expressed) the Blame of such Neglect shall not lay at our
Door. And therefore I must earnestly desire your Honour
without Loss of Time to call your Assembly, & to use your
Influence to bring them into such a Determination as may
promote his Majesty’s Service and the Benefit of these
Colonies in relation to this important Affair. Our Time
will be much streightened if there be any long Delay;
Therefore I should judge it necessary, that you should not
only forthwith apprize me by Express, of your Determina-
tion but send Advice thereof to Governour Clinton w‘=>’ I
have wrote Gov*' Clinton you will do. It seems to me by
what I can learn that the Small Pox is near wholly gone
from Hudson’s River. Having had a large Conference
with Coll® Williams & Coll° Pitk'n, & some of the principal
Gentlemen of this Government on this Great Affair, the
Resolution of which they will declare to you, I need not
trouble your Honour further.
I am Sir your Honour’s most
Obedient Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY.
Hon^ie Gov*' Law
[Indorsed] Gov^ Shirleys Jan*" 9 1746-7
JOHN READ TO JONATHAN LAW.
5'' Boston 13. Jan^y 1746.
By all the Charters of the English Colonies in North
America the British Crown is not Seised of any lands near
the River of S‘ Lawrence. Therefore the French have openly
taken possession of the South East Side of it from the
mouth of the river to Crown point, and have a right to hold
it in peace. But as they are troublesom neighbours & daily
growing in power; they may finally subdue the English, &
Command the whole; unless they are Speedily Confined
only to the North west Side ; that y® River may be a Natural
JOHN READ.
5
boundary between us, & barrier ag®‘ them. For the Secur-
ing of his Majesties Dominions here I would have that
matter as Soon as possible fully represented to his Maj®‘y
And I would have it done by Connecti[cut] first for the
honour of my Native Countrey, then because, if they know
they depend upon no changeable ministers of State, nextly
they will be readily & Chearfully Joined by all new-Eng-
land. And will finally reap great Profit & advantage by it.
By the Stat. 13. George 2d Intitled an Act to Encourage
the American Trade, Scooners to enter into his maj‘>es
Service. It is enacted that the King during any war
May grant any Charter Commission or Grant to Enable
any particuler persons or Societies to Join in any Expedi-
tion by Sea or land in America, to take or destroy any
ships goods Settlements harbours lands or fortifications of
the Enemy, And assure to them the property of what they
take & all the profits thereof under such regulations as
the King shall think fit: & afterwards confirm it to them
Upon this Stat. I advise that y°r honour with the advice
of yr Assistants in behalf of Connecticut, with the Con-
currence of such other New England Colonies as will Join
with you Immediately prefer A Petition to his Majesty to
Grant you such Charter Commission or Grant as shall
Enable you to take all the forts settlements & lands of y®
French on the East & South Sides of S‘ Lawrence’s River
from the Lake of Onontario to the Main Ocean, not included
in any former Letters Patents from the British Crown ;
to be Shired & Divided between those Colonies in propor-
tion to the men they shall Severally furnish & send upon
the Expedition ; to be settled & improved by their respec-
tive Inhabitants, as those Governments shall severally for
their respective shares Order & Grant.
If you send by the first ships to England, you may
have returns early enough to do every thing next year, &
what will be done before? If you keep a good lookout you
may know whether your friends at home have alarm^ the
French against you or not. And you will have it in your
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power to Choose your own opportunity & surprize them at
last. S'" I am
hon“ most humble Serv‘
JN» READ
To the Hont>'c Jonathan Law Esqf Governour of
Connecticut
[Superscribed] To the Hon^'e Jonathan Law Esq*' Gov-
ernour of the Colony of Connecticut.
[Indorsed] M*" Reads Letter 1746-7 Jan*'® 13
PROCEEDINGS OF THE KING IN COUNCIL.
At the Court at S'*' James
THE IS**! DAY OF JANUARY 1746
Present
The Kings Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas there was this day read at the Board a Report
made by the Lords of the Committee of Council, upon
Considering’ an Address of the Governour & C° of the
Colony of Connecticut in New England in America, praying
to be reimburs'd the Expences they have been at, in Assist-
ing to take the Island of Cape Breton & its Dependencies,
By which Report it is propos’d, in Consideration of the good
Services perform’d by the said Colony in the Reduction of
that Place to his Majesty’s Obedience, that a Reasonable
Satisfaction should be made them for their Expences
therein, and the said Lords of the Committee therefore
Submitted to his Majesty, wither it might not be Adviseable
to Recommend it to Parliament to make Provision for the
same, and in the mean time to Refer the said Demand to
such Persons as his Majesty should think proper, in order
to Adjust & Liquidate the same. His Majesty taking the
said Report into Consideration, is hereby pleas’d with the
Advice of his Privy Council to Approve of what ’is above
propos’d and to order that the said Address & Papers
Annex’d be Referr’d to the Lords Commissioners for Trade
& Plantations & to his Majestys Secretary at War, who are
WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
7
to meet & Examine into the Demand made by the said
Colony upon this Affair and to Adjust & Liquidate the same
W SHARPE
[Indorsed by Law] Prayer to his Maj‘v to refer to y®
board of Trade and Secrv of Warr the adjusting and
liquidating ye Cape Breton Expences
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston Jan^. 20. 1746.
Sir,
Having written so largely to your Honour on the Affair
of the designed March to Crown Point by the Express I sent
you ten days ago, I have nothing now to add, Saving to let
you know that I have received a Letter from Govr. Clinton
by the last Post, wherein he informs me, “That he has
“ordered the large Cannon, Shot & heavy carriages to be
“carried to Saratoga whilst the Snow is on the Ground; &
“that if anything is to go forward he should be glad to
“have timely Notice. That neither the Indians nor their
“People should fail of joining when it should be thought
“proper.” The New York Prints inform us that the
Troops in those part are in good Health.
I depend upon your advising me without Loss of time
of the Resolution of your General Court, for I purpose to
keep our Assembly together till I hear from you. I remain
Your Honors very humble Serv‘.
W SHIRLEY
The Expedition ag‘ S‘ Francois from New Hampshire
is far advanc’d.
Gov'’ Laws
[Indorsed] Letter from Gov'’ Shirley Rec*! JanuY 29th 1746-7
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston January 24^^: 1746.
Sir,
Having just now receiv’d a Letter from Governour
Clinton containing matters of Importance in relation to the
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propos’d Attempt against Crown point, and being Inform’d
that your Court will not meet till Tuesday next, I thought
it necessary to Send to you immediately by Express an
Extract of Governour Clintons Letter, and of the Advice of
his Council to him upon this Affair ; hoping that if there be
opportunity of laying .these things before your Court, they
might have some Influence on their Determinations: If
you shall Conclude to Join the whole of your Forces raised
for the Expedition against Canada in this Attempt, I must
earnestly desire that not a Moments time may be lost, but
that you would immediately let me know your resolution,
and that you would without delay inform Governour Clinton
thereof by Express and desire him to appoint the Time for
the Assembling of the Indians, and forthwith send for them
in, the Season being already far advanced, I need not be
more particular in this Matter, what is wanting will be fully
supplied in the inclosed Copy, and am Sir,
Your Honours most obedient
Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY.
Hono^ie Governour Laws.
[Indorsed] Gov^ Shirleys Jam 24 1746-7
CONNECTICUT’S ADDRESS TO THE KING.
To his Most Excellent Majesty George the second.
King of Great Britain, &c.
The humble Address of the Governor and Company of
the English Colony of Connecticut in New England in
America.
Most Gracious Sovereign: We, your Majesties loyal
and most dutiful subjects in your remote Colony of Con-
necticut, beg leave humbly to assure your Majesty of our
strongest attachment to your person, family and govern-
ment, and to acknowledge the favours this Colony has
enjoyed under your Majesties auspicious reign, and to
express our utmost abhorrence of that most unnatural
rebellion raised in Great Britain in favour of a popish
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pretender, against the best of kings, the best constitution
and government; which vile design by Divine Providence
being happily suppressed, we beg leave on this occasion
humbly to congratulate your Majesty on the happy success
of your arms under the excellent conduct of his Royal
Highness the Duke, who God has crowned with a glorious
victory over those wicked rebels and traitors, to the honour
of your Majesty, and confusion and shame of them and
their abettors.
As your Majesties whole reign has been an uniform
evidence that you have nothing more at heart than the
protection and security of your subjects in the enjoyment of
their religion, liberty and property, so it appears the more
surprising that it should ever enter into the heart of any of
your subjects to rebel against your government, with design
to dethrone your royal person and to subvert the laws and
liberties of your kingdom. Though these sons of violence
have been permitted to be a scourge to the British nations,
yet, blessed be God, he has not suffered them to prevail in
their attempts to introduce popery and slavery, nor to
endanger the protestant interest, but has confounded their
devices, and by his all-wise providence overruled that
wicked design for the more firm establishment of your
throne and government.
May that merciful Providence which placed your
Majesty on the British throne, and has given you so long
and so illustrious a reign, still protect your sacred person,
subdue your enemies, make your reign prosperous, and
continue the crown in your royal and illustrious family to
the latest posterity.
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
New Haven Jan^v 30‘h 1746
According to your Desire I have called our assembly to-
gether and Laid before them the Several Matters contained
in y® Expresses Received from your Excellency Respecting
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ye proposed Expedition to Crown point and Recommended
the Matters to their Deliberate Consideration on Which
they came into a Resolve* a Copy whereof I have herewith
inclosed by which your Excellency will better See the Sense
our Assembly have of y^ matter than by any account I could
otherwise Give. Your Excellency will See of what
importance the assembly Judge the Reduction or Demolish-
ing yt fort is and therefore tho they cannot See it Advisable
at this Season to proceed yet they have made provisison in
case any Door shall be opened for y‘ purpose I must there-
fore As I am greatly Desirous that place may be wrested out
of y® hands of y® French Earnestly Desire your Excellency to
acquaint me of it in case you should have any intelligence
Relating to this grand point I am with Great Respects
your Excellencys most obedient
Humble Servant
J. L.
Governour Shirly
[Indorsed by Law] Copy of a Letter to G^ Shirly January
30 1746-7
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston Feby. 7. 1746
Sir,
Your Honour will not think it strange that after so
great & unexpected a Disappointment as I rec^ in the
Resolutions of your Geni Assembly, concerning the Attempt
against Crown Point, I should use any further Importunity
with you on that head, when I inform you of the present
*The Assembly resolved that because of the difficulties of a winter campaign,
the danger of small pox being brought into the army from the southern colonies
where it was reported to exist, the lack of sufficient provisions at Albany for the
Connecticut troops and the want of some general agreement or of authority from
the king for such an expedition, its success was doubtful and they “could not see
it practicable and advisable at this time.” The desirability of the reduction of
Crown Point was, however, recognized and the governor and committee of war
were impowered to act in the matter “ in case the troops raised in this Colony for
the expedition against Canada by any proper orders be called or ordered forth
into his Majesties service against the French, before the sessions of this Assembly
in May next.”
Colonial Records.
WILUAM SHIRLEY.
1 1
situation & Circumstances of that Affair. Yesterday M*"
Lydius came to Town with Advices from the Army on
Hudson’s River that there were twenty nine Companies of
the Southern Colonies, which he judg’d would make out
2400 Men, all in health & good Spirits, & generally well
disposed to the Service, & expecting forthwith to march
against the Enemy; And he has shew’d me a Letter w^h he
has rec'i from L‘ Col° Johnson just before he left Albany;
w^h shews the Proceedings of Gov'' Clinton since the date of
his last Letter to me, a Copy of which I sent your Honour,
& the Expectations & good Disposition of the six Nations,
& the forwardness of some of the Tribes, & that the rest
were sent for by Gov' Clinton to attend this Service ; a
Copy of this Letter I have herewith inclosed. These
Advices I communicated to the two Houses, & yesterday
Evening rec<^ the inclos’d Message from them, w^'' pass’d in
both Houses almost unanimously: For this we esteem to
be so critical a Conjuncture ( more especially in respect to
the disposition of the six Nations & the Danger of losing
them for ever if this Opportunity is neglected ) that we are
now determin’d to run all hazard in a Matter of this
Importance, upon w'^i’ the future Prosperity of the Northern
Colonies does under God depend more than on any other
Scheme or Project whatsoever: And as I am fully satisfied
that this Enterprize has a favourable Aspect greatly to
promote his Majesty’s Service & that it is perfectly agreable
to his Majesty’s Instructions; In Conforming to which M'
Warren & I, pursuant to the Power therein given, have
determined it to be for his Majesty’s Service & for promoting
the general design of the Reduction of the whole Country
of Canada; and that the Troops ought to be so employed at
this Juncture & that they should do something to answer
the great Expence his Majesty is at in supporting them:
And as your Assembly seem in their Resolve you sent me
to have left open a Liberty for your Council of War to join
your Forces with ours in so extraordinary an Emergency as
this, & in wci' Providence seems to smile upon us in the long
Continuance of the cold and frosty weather I must once
more strongly urge your Honour to have the Troops of
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your Colony forthwith assembled & employed in this
Service; Not that I shall wait for them one Moment, being
determined to proceed with or without them as Providence
shall order: In the mean time you and the Gentlemen of
your Governm* will do well to consider how his Majesty
may resent it if this design should miscarry for want of a
thousand brave men in his Pay, who are at home following
their own private business, whilst the rest of the Troops
are acting vigorously against his Enemies. It is design’d
that our Forces should build Forts above the Carrying
Places & as near Crown Point vas may be, that in Case the
Enemy should be stronger than we apprehend, our Forces
may still maintain their Post till his Majesty’s Pleasure be
further known. And upon any Emergency that may
happen we shall make further demand of your Assistance :
I depend upon your Honour’s laying this Matter as soon as
possible before your Council of War, with whom I have not
the Pleasure to be acquainted, nor know where to send to ’em.
I hope your Honour & the Gentlemen of your Council
of War will have a due Consideration of this important
Matter, & if we unite in our Sentiments, & Proceedings in
it, I doubt not but that the same Success will attend it, as
has done the joint Proceedings of the two Governmts which
have hitherto been most happily united in the Interest of
the common Cause.
I am Sir
Your Honours most Obedient
Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY.
The Honbie Jonathan Law Esqr
[Indorsed] Gov^ Shirleys Letter of 7*^ of ffebr 1746-7 1000
brave men in his Maj**®® pay
EIJSHA WILLIAMS AND SAMUEL TALCOTT TO
JONATHAN LAW.
Weathersfld Febry 13th 1746-7
Sir,
We understand by L‘ Lyman that your Hon^ has called
the Commit® of War together. Upon a Late Express received
WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
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from his Excellency Govr Shirley, Wherein he Urges That
the regiment raised in this Colony for his Majesties Service,
may be Ordered to join the Forces in the other Govern-
ments, now about to proceed in an Expedition against
Crown Point. And having heard. That it has been rumour-
ed in Some Places, That the officers of the regiment were
unwilling to Engage in Such an Expedition, which may
possibly have reached your Hon''s Ears. We Thought it
our Duty to assure your Hon'' That We know of no
Foundation for Such a report. And that on proper Provision
made for us and the Souldiers, to proceed on that Business,
We are Free to go. And have had opportunity of Conver-
ing with Several of the Captains and other officers, who
have all expressed their willingness to go, and Know of no
one but is So. And take Leave to Subscribe Your Hon's
Most Obedient Humble Servants
E: WILLIAMS
SAM^l TALCOTT
The Honourable Jonathan Law
[Superscribed] For The Honourable Jonathan Law Esq'
Govern' &c At Milford
[Indorsed] Williams & Talcott of ffeb' 13 1746-7
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston Feby. 14. 1746.
Sir,
Since my last sent to you by Express I have received
Dispatches from the Governour of New York, by which to
my Surprize I find that, that Government is determined
against their Forces proceeding to Crown Point this
Winter; upon which I have Countermanded the Orders I
had given for our Troops marching to Hudson’s River.
This I judged proper to acquaint your Hono.ur with, not
knowing what Measures your Government may have taken,
that so no Inconveniencies may arise for Want of your
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Understanding this State of Our Affairs.
I am Sir
Your Honour’s most obedient,
Humble servant
W. SHIRLEY
The honbie Jonathan Law Esq^
[Indorsed] Goyf Shirley’s ffeb^ 20 1746-7
JONATHAN LAW TO DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.
Milford ffeb'' 17 1746-7
May it please your Grace
The Remoteness of our Situation and our want of
a Trade directly to great Britain leaving us wtii out any
Intelligence from England excepting only what comes
thorow neighbouring Provinces will apologise for our being
somewhat later in our Address to his Maj‘y when you shall
be persuaded That we are all Protestants and that our
Interest ( w<=*^ never lyes ) dos endear us to such a Prince as
is by way of Eminency justly stild the Protector and
Maintainer of the Liberties and Properties of all his
Subjects.
The trufh of the first Proposition I can assert w‘^ the
Greatest Confidence and that a firm belief of the other is
universally fixd on y® minds and hearts of us all, is evident
by our chearfull Obedience
would therefore humbly ask your Grace’s favour in
presenting our Address to his Maj‘y with the highest
Assurance of its proceeding from a people whose hearts are
find with Gratitude to the King of Kings who has Orderd
and brought about so great a Salvation to his people against
all Attempts of earth and hell, and conclude with begging
Leave to reckon my self among the number of your Grace’s
most obedient humble servants
J L
the right hon^e Hollis New Castle
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to the D of New Castle ffebr
17 1746-7
JONATHAN LAW.
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6>
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milforo ffeb^ 20 1746-7
I had the favour of yours of y® 7‘>’ Instant and forthwith
sent for y® Council of Warr but they were of Opinion that
the Clause in the Act of our Assembly did not direct them
to advise me to send the Stores unless proper Orders should
come for the Souldiers proceeding on the Expedition and
thot it might be well to call an Assembly to give Orders for
it in Case the Judges of the Circuit should be of the same
mind
but before they came, came Coll> Roberts with Instruc-
tions from Govr Clinton and his Council to delay ye
Proceeding till further Orders from his Maj‘y w**’ w=h you
are acquainted by this time
I am Your Excellencies
Obedient humble Servant
J L
Gov‘‘ Shirley
P S I just now reci yours of ye 14th Instant
J L
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov"" Shirley feb^ 20 1746-7
JONATHAN LAW TO ELIAKIM PALMER.
Milford ffeb*" 1746-7
S’'-
I have herewith inclosd to you an Address to his Maj‘y
with a Letter to the D of New Castle of we^ I send a
Triplicate wheh you will please to cover or in ye most proper
maher hand to his Grace
I also send to you herewith an Order of our Assembly
to receive a Reimbursement of our Charges in ye Reduction
of Louisburg as well as an Act for your soliciting for y®
whole of our Expences therein of w®h I have but one Copy*
♦ See Colonial Records, IX, 217, 264.
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I also send by a Messenger y® 250^1 granted in May last
for your Psallery to your Correspondents Msi®"rs Balston &
Palmer Merc^^t® att Boston
I make no Doubt of your making the best Defence in
Masons Case if that must come forward, you will have
money in your hands if a Reimbursement be granted
a Duplicate of yours of y® 14*11 of July Adams is just
come to my hands
from your very humble Servant
JONTH law
Eliakim Palmer Esq*
PS I have heretofore desired you to give my Thanks
to Dr Avery and the Com*®® for yr good Advice, but not
knowing whether it got safe to your hands I repeat it
J L
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Agent Palmer febr 20 1746-7
HEZEKIAH HUNTINGTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
Norwich Feber 28*11 1746-7
May it Pleas your Honour
This Waits upon your Honour In favour of my Eldest
Son and Cap* Peter Harrison & others of our friends and
Neighbours, of this and the Neighbouring Governments
Who are Prisoners In Quebec in Canada of which we are
well assured by the Inclosed Copy: of the Declaration of
Jesher Crowel & Cap* Truman: Which with other Circum-
stances makes the fact to me Certain that they are there
under Disconsolate Circomstances about what wey shall be
found out for their Deliverance from Captivity.
I thought it my Duty: as well as Intrist to acquaint
your Honour, with this peace of News; and the Piteyous
Circomstancys of those prisoners; and would Humbley
propose it to your Honour & Councels Wise Consideration
Whether there may Not be some way Devised to Send a flag
of Truce by the Way of Crown Point or Some other Way to
Canada Early this Spring : Whereby Some at Least of the
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Prisoners may be Releaced before the Somer Season Comes
on; Which might of Necessity make it very Distressing for
Such a Nomber to be Confined in Close Prison in one House
as I understand they are.
This Declarant Informed me of many Circomstancys
ommitted in S<^ Declaration too many to troble your Honour
with; to mention a few: (viz) that our people Who have
been taken from the frontears this War; were there; that
those who Were taken from fort massechusets y® Last
summer & With them the Reve<i mr Norton the minister:
that some of the Prisoners had been Confined in Prison
fifteen Months before he Lef them : that where they was
Carreyd into Chebucto Harbor: they found there a Nother
french man of Warr of 50 Guns and Several English prizes
taken by him That when he was In Prison he was Informed
that y® French Governour Declared that he had Sent Several
Letters to the Governour of Boston: to have the Cartela
Settled that the Prisoners Might be Releaced; but that he
had no Return ; Knew Not Whether his Letters had Ever
reached him.
I should have Waited on your Honour in this affair but
that traviling at this season is very Diffecult & understanding
that the Assembly are to Sit at Boston y® 5‘h of Next Month
and that a Great Nomber of the Prisoners are of that
Province advice Leads me to Wait on his Excelency Govern-
our Shirley & their Assembly, In hope Something may be
Done In this Important Affair by them.
I hope your Honour Will Excuse me in Giving your
Honour this Troble Since the Case is What Does So Nearly
Effect and Consarn
Your Honours Most Obedient and very
Humble Serv*‘
HEZ: HUNTINGTON
To the Honourable Governour Law
[Superscribed] To The Hon^® Jonathan Law Esq^
Governour of Connecticutt att Milford
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SAMUEL WELLES TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston, March 3<i 1746.
Sir,
Yrs of the 20*^* ult° I had the honr of yesterday, with the
Packet for Mr Palmer original. Duplicate & Triplicate, The
original I have Sent by Capt. Watts & the Duplicate by
Capt. Power, Capt. Watts sails this day & Capt Power in a
very few days; the triplicate shall go by the first good
opportunity, I am with my very hum* Services to your
Hour & Lady.
Your obed‘ Hum* Serv*
SAMUEL WELLES.
The Hont>*e Govr Law.
[Superscribed] To The Honourable Jonathan Law Esqr
In Milford
[Indorsed] M^ Wells’s March 9 1746-7
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston March 4**^ 1746
Sir,
Not long since I represented to your Honour the State
of Affairs in Nova Scotia, & the great Importance of
preserving that Province from falling into the hands of the
Enemy, and earnestly requested you to send some of the
Kings Troops in your Colony to act in Conjunction with
those I sent from hence for that Service ; And I am now to
inform you of the Disaster, which has befallen the Forces
sent from this Province for driving the Enemy out oj Nova
Scotia, w‘=*’, tho I would attribute in part to some Neglect of
Duty in the Officers in not keeping a good Watch to prevent
a Surprize, yet I must be of Opinion that the principal
Cause of this Misfortune is, that the neighbouring Governm*®
have not afforded us due Assistance against the Enemy in
this important Enterprize. The particular Circumstances
of this Misfortune you will understand by the inclosed
Papers & Print, which contain authentick Accounts that I
WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
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shall not take up time in repeating here; Our Business
being now to look forward, & do every thing in our Power
to strengthen our Forces in Nova Scotia, by making them
an Overmatch for the Enemy; And as Mr Mascarene appre-
hends it necessary to make up the Number twelve or fifteen
hundred, I am fully of Opinion with him, that less than
twelve hundred will not be sufficient, but that it will be more
convenient to make up the Number to fifteen hundred; which,
with the arm’d Vessels belonging to the several Colonies in
New England, would I hope (by the Blessing of God)
make the Conquest easy and expeditious, & discourage the
Enemy from any future Attempts: The absolute Necessity
of making such a vigorous Attempt for driving the Enemy
out of that Province, & the vast Interest w^^^ all the Colonies
in New England, as well as the Crown of Great Britain
have in this Event must, I think, be obvious to every
thinking Man, that has the least Affection and Zeal for the
common Cause of his Country; And it is no less evident
that the present Season is the very critical Conjuncture for
the effectual Execution of this design ; which if once lost
may never be retreived, & so the Neglect of improving it be
attended with such Calamities and Disasters as will not be
fully understood ’till they are felt. This being the Case, I
must press your Honour in the strongest manner to make
up as large a Body of Troops as you can, & send them well
appointed with all possible Expedition, with your Colony
Vessel of War, for this Service. There are now three
hundred Men remaining at Annapolis fit for this Service,
allowing for a hundred & fifty Men of the Garrison who can
be spared while our Men, who are restrained by Capitula-
tion from acting against the Enemy up the Bay, may keep
Garrison in their room : Besides which three hundred men
I have three hundred more ready to send, provided the
several Governments in New England will do their parts to
make up a Body of twelve hundred Men, or if they will make
it up fifteen hundred Troops, I shall much more chearfully
bear my Part of that Number: I am aware that some may
object against this Proceeding, that the Troops may be
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called for on the Expedition against Canada, before they
can return from Nova Scotia; But as it is not probable that
that will be the Case, especially if we be expeditious in this
Business, so they will be in as great or greater Readiness to
proceed from Annapolis Royal than from their respective
Colonies, be better secur’d from Desertions, & be more
inured to the Hardships and Discipline of War, and conse-
quently the more fit for Service than they will be if they
stay at home. I hope the Expence of Provisions & Trans-
ports will be no Obstacle to your sending a Reinforcement
to Nova Scotia upon this extraordinary Emergency; If
your Assembly should refuse to bear that, which I hope
they will not, I am perswaded your Honour may in such
Case safely take up Provisions and Transports at the Charge
of the Crown upon this particular Occasion, and that your
Honour’s Bills of Exchange upon the Lords of the Treasury
in favour of such Persons as .shall advance a Sum in Bills of
Credit for this Service, will be duly paid. And as an
Inducemt to the Men to go more chearfully upon this
Duty, I am determined to advance sixteen Pounds old
Tenour to every Man whom I shall send upon it, and to
draw Bills of Exchange upon the Lords of Treasury; And
as for the Officers who shall proceed in it, I doubt not but
they will greatly recommend themselves to his Majesty
thereby.
Your Honour will be pleas’d to consider upon this
Occasion that your Government is the only one in New
England, which has refus’d hitherto to give any Assistance
for the Protection of Nova Scotia; and will therefore, I
doubt not, think it fit and advisable that it should now be
the most ready to join in retreiving a Misfortune, which
has happen’d very much for want of it’s Assistance before.
You must be sensible. Sir, what immediate Dispatch
this Business requires, & that not an hour’s time should be
lost for effecting it: I purpose to have the Reinforcem‘
which I shall send from this Province at Annapolis by the
End of this Month at farthest ( if possible ) to be ready there
to proceed to Minas or Schiegnecto, as the Case shall require.
JEAN PAUL MASCARENE.
2 I
before de Ramsey’s Vessels can get away from thence;
and I must desire the favour of your Answer by the Bearer.
I am Sir,
Your Honour’s most Obedient
Humble Servant
W. SHIRLEY.
The Honourable Jonathan Law Esq^
[Indorsed] Gov Shirley’s March 1746-7
JEAN PAUL MASCARENE TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Extract from Lieutenant Governour Mascarene’s Letter
to Mr Shirley, Dated Annapolis Royal February 8‘h 1746-7.
Major Philipps left Manis on fryday 30‘h Jan^v last, and
the Same night the Canadians who were at Chignicto and
had gathered about 50 Indians with Some of the S‘ John’s
Island Inhabitants, and other runegates or disaffected
Inhabitants after a march of three weeks in the most bitter
Season, and almost Impassable ways, arriv’d at Manis, and
fell on Our people in the night, the Inclos’d will give your
Ex^y an Acco‘ of the Issue, which in the main tho’ unfortu-
nate has been of no dishonour to Our Troops, Since tho’
they were Surprized and in that Confusion which such a
Surprize naturally causes the Enemy had the greatest
advantage, and kill'd most of the men we lost, yet when
day came, and our Officers and men had joined, they acted
their parts So bravely as to make the Enemy desireous to
part with them, and afford them honourable terms. The
first Detachment of them arriv’d last night, at the head of
our River, the rest are to be there to night.
The too great Security, and the not even Securing their
houses well, was the Occasion of their Misfortune as well as
what we are & Shall be always lyable to amongst these
Inhabitants, their not having Intelligence of the motions of
the Enemy ’till they had them upon them, for they all
agree that if they had had but a Quarter of an hour’s
warning they would have been able not only to have Cop’d
w^i’ but to have worsted the Enemy their numbers being
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rather greater as all acco‘s I have had Seem to agree, tho’
the Inclos’d from Cap*^ Goldthwait makes the Canadian’s
exceed our’s, but even if So that excess would have been
over ballanced by the Courage & resolution our Troops
expressed. I had warn’d the Officers to Secure their
Quarters and watch against any Surprize, The Block house
indeed they Say could not be Sett up, the frost Setting hard
So Soon But Some pallisadoe fence or such like might have
Stop’d the first Surprize. However S^ this is not to be
recall’d.
There must be means us’d however to take or destroy
five or Six Vessells the Enemy have now up the Bay. Capt
Rous promises to fit his Ship as Soon as the Season will
permit. Giddings must be sent immediately back, and any
other force y^ Ex^y thinks fit to add Should go up by Sea,
for the Landward will be impracticable for our men, as Soon
as the thaw Setts in.
I do not think it an Easy thing to ridd our Selves of all
this people, and cannot think it could be in Justice answer’d
without further proofs of their delinquency in general, or
positive Orders from home, but however on the fair
pretence of pursuing our Enemys much might be done to
humble them, and punish those who might be found to have
favour’d the Enemy. There must be a great force to bring
this to pass. Col° Gorham who came away with Major
Philipps with Cap* Cobb and three or four Subalterns and
about 120 men many of them Sick are all exempted from
the Capitulation the others may fight here, and help to
defend the place, and I could in that case Spare 150 men
out of the Garrison, to go up the Bay on such an Expedition
there must be at least twelve or fifteen hundred men for
Landing.
Extract from Lieuten‘ Col° Gorhams Letter to
Shirley, dated Annapolis Royal February 1746.
It must be allowed by all hands that this Attack and
Advantage Gained upon us by our Enemys was most wholly
Owing to the certain advices and Intelligences, that was
given by the Traitorous disaffected, among the Inhabitants,
ACTION OF MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL.
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towards the English, and by their Keeping all true Intelli-
gence from us which is no Small part in Warr.
True Copies
W SHIRLEY.
[Indorsed] Extracts from Lieu' Govr Mascarene’s, and
Lieu' Col° Gorhams Letters.
ACTION OF MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL.
At a Council held at the Council Chamber in Boston
upon Fryday February 27'h 1746.
His Excellency having communicated to this Board
Advices he has receiv’d from Nova Scotia, by which it
appears that the Enemy has obtain’d considerable Advan-
tage over his Majesty’s Troops rais’d in this Province, &
sent thither for the defence of that Province ; And the
Board being of Opinion that the Preservation of that
Country is of the utmost Importance as well for the Interest
of the Crown as the Safety of his Majesty’s Northern
Colonies.
Advised that his Excv send to the Governors of this
neighbouring Colonies, to inform them of the State of
Affairs in Nova Scotia, & in the most pressing manner to
desire that they would without delay prepare a Number of
Troops, & transport them to Nova Scotia, & send their
respective arm’d vessels thither to join with the King’s
Troops raised in this Province & such vessels as may be
sent from hence, that so there may be a sufficient force for
the driving the Enemy out of that Country.
Copy examined ^ J Willard Secry
SAMUEL WELLES TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston, Mar, 4'^ 1746/7.
Sir,
I wrote yesterday by this Conveyance what I had done
with your letter & duplicate, but when I delivered it, I told
your Express that Govern^ Shirley had Just told me, as he
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had finisht his London Letters, he should now imediately
answer those from Connecticot & that they would be done
last night, I therefore advised your messenger to tarry,
which he has accordingly done & Just now rec<i his dis-
patches from Gov*' Shirley; it can’t be tho’t strange that our
Gov^ is forced to delay persons sometimes, he has such a
variety of affairs & of mighty importance lying upon him,
that it is rather strange he can go through them at all, I am
as yesterday & always
Your most obed‘ hum' Serv‘
SAMUEL WELLES.
Gov>^ Law.
[Superscribed] To The Honourable Jonathan Law Esq*"
In Milford.
[Indorsed] M^ Wells’s March 1746/7
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
Copy
London ii March 1746/7
The Jonathmi Law Esq'
Hoit^ S'
Not having been favour’d with any from your
Honour since the foregoing Copy of my last, *I have now
only to Acquaint you that upon a Report made by the Lords
of the Committee of Council after taking into Consideration
the Address of the Colony of Connecticut praying for a
Reimbursem‘ of the Expences they were at in taking Cape
Breton, His Majesty has thought fit to refer the Papers &
Accots relating thereto to the Lords of Trade & Secretary
at War, who are to Examine & Liquidate the same as
Appears, by a Copy of an order from his Majesty in Council
for that Purpose here Inclos’d. I shall not be wanting in
my Endeavours to get the Acco‘® pass’d as soon as Possible,
& shall Advise you from time to time of my Proceedings
♦Dated 30 Oct. 1746, as is shown by another copy in which the two are found
on one sheet.
ELIAKIM PALMER.
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therein. I must again repeat what I formerly Mention’d to
your Honour Viz‘ that it may be Necessary to send me a
Particular Power to Receive the money in Case it is paid
this Session of Parliam‘ at least would recommend it as
prudent to Guard against any such Objection I am
Yr Honrs & the Colony’s
most Faithf* hum'® Serv‘
ELIARM PALMER
P S There has yet been no hearing on the Mohegan Affair
[Superscribed] To the Hon^ie Jonathan Law Esqr Governr
of the Colony of Connecticut New England
[Indorsed] Agents Letter March 1746-7 ab‘ Cape
Breton Expences
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
London 13 March 1746/7
The Honf>^‘ Jonathati Law Esq^
I have already wrote you by this Conveyance & I
have but just time to Acknowledge the Receipt of your
Honours Letter of the 26 Nov^ Accompan®^ a Letter to his
Grace the Duke of New Castle in Relation to the Regiment
rais’d for an Expedition to Canada which I have Deliver’d,
& am orderd to Attend another Day for an Answer thereto.
I am Apprehensive from a Conversation I have lately had
with one of the Lords of Trade, they will Require an
Authentick Copy of the Muster Rolls of the Forces
employ’d in ye Expedition against Cape Breton, with the
best Proof that can be had of their Service, which would
recommend to have Attested by S'" W“ Pepperell, or some
good Autority, & believe it will also be Necessary to
Compleat the Acco‘ to the of June, the time your
Estimate Extends to, which is all I can add at Present but
that I am
Yor Honrs & the Colony’s
most FaithP hum® Serv‘
ELIAKM PALMER
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Coppy
[Superscribed] To The Hon*® Jonathan Law Esq'' Governr
of the Colony of Connecticut in New England
[Indorsed] Agents March 13 1746-7 ab‘ Canada Expedition
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford March 21st 1746/7
Yours of ye 4th Instant I rec^ on y® 9th and observe
that either Your Excellencies Memory or mine is very
treacherous when you say you earnestly requested my
sending some of the Kings Troops in this Colony to act in
Conjunction with yours in nova Scotia but I remember you
signifyd to me That the Govts had nothing to do with the
Kings forces save only to provide for them, and you under-
took to direct all the forces here on an Expedition against
Crown point, and those of Rhoad island. New Hampshire
and some of your own to Annapolis, so that we have not
comitted any fault in this matter which needs to be expiated
as Princes were wont to do theirs by going into the holy
land, however I condole with you for your Misfortunes,
and hope we shall all remember, there is no trust to be putt
in them, who say no faith is to be kept with Hereticks
I advised with my Council on your Motion who for
sundry Reasons they gave me shewed their Indisposition to
the calling an Assembly for that purpose and as for my
procuring money and drawing on y® L<Js of the Treasury I
dare not presume upon it think it more safe for your
Excellency who may have also power to comand the men
specially since I am informed that M^ Prince has wrote to
his brother here That the Parliament have disallowd a
Reimbursement to us
I would inform your Excellency That here has been
taken some Counterfeit Plates among which are a 40s or 8i
and a 9^ or 3® Plate of your money and ’tis thot great Use
have been made of them, one man now in Irons (who has
since delivered up the Plates) is secured in New haven Goal
WIU.IAM SHIRLEY.
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As it was Conjectured at New York, so it was supposd
here That your Excellencies Paquett containd the Officers
Com”® but your not sending them makes me conclude it was
a Mistake.
I take Leave to subscribe
Your humble obedient Servant
JONTH LAW
His Excellency GoV Shirley
P S ; The Reason of my delaying my Answer to yours
was an Expectation of y® Comissions &c being in your
Paquett J L
[Indorsed] Copy of Let[ ] Gov*" Shirley March
2i®‘ 1746/^7
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston April 25‘h 1747.
Sir,
I herewith inclose the Copy of a Letter from One of
our Officers upon Connecticutt River, who has the Command
of a Fort at the Place called Number Four, the highest
Settlement upon that River. Your Honour willl under-
stand by this Account as well as by others which from Time
to Time you may have lately had, how much our Western
Frontiers are continually harrassed by the Enemy. Our
Inhabitants in those parts as well as in the Eastern Frontiers
are continually removing from the Settlements. In this
State of our Affairs we are making all the preparations we
can for our Defence & for driving off the Enemy, who are
very Numerous & in every part of our Frontier.
Therefore at the Instance & Request of our General
Assembly, I must earnestly desire your Honour immediately
to send Five hundred Men into the County of Hampshire
to be employed there against the Enemy, & to be under the
Direction of Col° John Stoddard. I must request you to
give this Affair all the Dispatch that is possible
I am Sir,
Your most Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
Gov'' Law
[Indorsed] Gov'’ Shirley’s rec<i May at night
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GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
New York May 1747
Sir
I have but just time to tell you that since I sent
away y^ express I have received another acc‘ from Albany
that the Mutiny increases. I am Sir
Your very humble ser*
G CLINTON
[Superscribed] On his Majesty’s Service To The Honour^ie
Jonathan Laws Esq^ Governour of Connecticut
[Indorsed] Gov^ Clintons May 4^^ and Copy 7*^
JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE CLINTON.
Milford May 7*^ 1747
I rec^ you of the 4*^' Instant am sorry to have such
an Acc‘ and dread the Consequenses of it but I can do no
more than Lay it before the asembly are to mete the
nex week Where a more absolute Authority will not answer
what can a lesser do? the greater the Priviledges of the
people, the lesser is the Prerogative.
I hope your Wisedome will direct to such Measures as
may prevent the fatal Effects of a french Intreague to
expose our fortresses and Stores if any such should be or by
what Meanes soever this Difficulty has taken its Rise
I remain S'' Your
very humble and obedient Servant
JONTH law
Gov' Clinton
JOHN STODDARD TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Extract of a Letter from John Stoddard Esq*" to
Governour Shirley, dated the i3h of May 1747. from
Northampton.
JOHN STODDARD.
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“I Send yon the Letters I lately rec<i from Albany by
which your Excellency will perceive that the Six Nations
are thoroughly Engaged, & that most of them together with
some others of their Allies are likely to Join in our Service;
I think with your Excellency and the Council that the
Encouraging these Indians is a thing of great Importance.
The Several Governments have been Endeavouring for
near three years past to perswade these Tribes into a War
wherein they had not any Concern but to Serve their
Friends, and they seem generally got into it and have left
their Hunting and other means of living, & Expos’d them-
selves and families for our Sakes, and can we Expect they
should fight for us, and devote themselves to that Service,
and we Suffer them to Starve, or can we Expect that they
go a Warfare for us at their own Charge, or can we Expect
that Col° Johnson & Lydius should pay the Reckoning,
they have taken a great deal of Pains to get the Indians
into the War, & have Effected more than the Governments
could in a Course of years, and can it be thought that they
should Spend all their Substance in rewarding the Indians
for their service, it will cost them about 6 or 700 pounds
to fit out 100 men for War in York Money as may be seen
by Lydius Letter of March 26‘h and how many hundred will
soon be out, and how many times they will go out this
Summer, others can guess as well as I.
To let the design drop now we have a hopeful Prospect
of distressing our Enemy would be fatal, for the Indians
may well say as they often suspected beforehand, that our
design was to get them into the War, & then leave them in
the Lurch, and then we should fail of their Assistance, and
no wonder if they should Reconcile themselves to the French,
which they would be glad of, and then take part with the
French against us, for the Indians are of Such a Humour,
that if we deal Justly and kindly by them, they will put
their Lives in our hands, but if we deal deceitfully with
them, that will soon raise an Abhorence of us. Col° Johnson
and Mr Lydius are now under a necessity of going forward
and fitting out the Indians, so long as they have any
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Substance remaining and when that is gone the Affair will
be at an End.
Therefore I see no way but for the several Govern-
ments to send Supplys of Money or Goods to Enable those
Gentlemen to carry on the War. I think it altogether just
that the several Governments do Contribute toward the
Charge, and doubt not but Several of them would chearfully
agree to it, upon a proper Application being made to them,
and tis probable that the Money so Expended would do us
twenty times as much Service, as what we have heretofore
Expended in the War. were it in my Power I would send
a Thousand Pounds in our new Bills or in suitable Goods to
those Gentlemen for their present Necessity, this would
revive their drooping Spirits ( whilst they are full of
Expectations of being undone ) and would greatly animate
the Indians. Such Causes ought not to be Starved, for
want of a little Oyl to keep the Wheels in Motion.
[Indorsed by Law] Extract of Colh Stoddards Letter 13*!' of
May 1747 abt Indians
GIDEON WANTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
Newport ye 14th May 1747
I am to Informe you that our Gen^ Asembley has
ordered our Collony Sloope to be put in Commision and
maned as Soone as Posible in order to Cruize in Consortship
with yours this Sumer and have Given Orders this Day to
Cap“ fones to Inlist his men as fast as [ ]ble for the
Servis
I Shall Remaine your
Honners Asured Frind
GID: WANTON.
P. S I shall aquait Cap“ Burnham when we are Ready
The Honie Jonathan Law Esq^
[Indorsed] Gov^ Wantons May 14‘h 1747
JOHN STODDARD.
3
JOHN STODDARD TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
N"*'” Hampton May 14 - 1747
You are knowing to the Endeavours of Several
Goverments to bring the six Nations into the War with the
Canadeans, which seems to be pretty well Effected, I
perceive there has Eleven Parties gone out to War this
Spring, and I heard of the Return of one only, who killed
six french men and one Indian, near Crown Point, thirteen
of them attacked 27 french, and 3 Indians, our Maquas had
two men Wounded, one of them ( I hear) is since dead,
that Party are gone out again, som of the Parties are
small, some large; Hendrick is gone with upwards of 60
men and one Isaac with 46. there are some white men in
Several of the Parties, they Consisted Chiefly of Maquas,
till of late there has some Onidoes, Kieugas, Annondagas,
and some Tuskaroras, gone out, the six Nations seem
generally Spirited to go and are making preparation, as are
some other Tribes that I am not acquainted with.
This Government has Ordered me to Pay a Bounty for
Every Scalp and Prisoner that should be brought in by any
Parties that should go out by my direction, and likewise five
Pounds to each man to Equip them that should take their
departure fro hence, and I have been Endeavouring to
draw some Parties hither, but it has hitherto been fruitles,
those People seem to be in good earnest, and are unwilling
to loose so much time as it would take them to come hither,
and when here they are further from their business than
when at Home, Co** Johnson, and Majf Lidius have been
Chiefly Active in bringing the Indians to Action, and have
been at great Charges in Belts, in treating, and Equipping
those that go out, and in making some Provision for their
families whilst absent. I am Satisfied that the fitting out
every Hundred men Costs them 6 or 700’' York Money, and
its looks probable that many Hundreds will go out this
Summer, and that many of the Parties will go out divers
times in one Summer.
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I can’t Imagine that when the Governments endeav-
oured to Engage these Indians in a War wherein they really
had no Concern, that they should leave their Hunting ( as
they have done ) and their other means for a livelyhood,
and Hazard their lives, and families to free us from our
Distresses, in Expectation of freeing themselves from the
Charge of the War, and laying that Burthen on the Indians,
who seem to devote themselves to the War, which will
render them uncapable of providing for themselves and
families, neither can we expect that CoD Johnson and
Lydius should be at the Charge of the War, I know not
what Assurance those Gent““ have that they shall be Reim-
bursed what they have, or shall advance for the Publick
Service, & it cannot be Imagined that their Estates will hold
much longer to Defray such a constant and great Expence
as they are at, so that we must expect that in a Short time
the fair Prospect we now have of Distressing our Enemies
will utterly fail unless the Governments do assist these
Gent““ by speedily Supplying them with Goods or Money,
and those Indians will be Obliged ( to our Shame, and ruin)
to make the best terms for themselves, with the french, if
we don’t Enable them to Continue the War. There has
lately one French man and 7 Cagnawagas been at Onnon-
taugee, under pretence of Condoleing the Death of some of
that Nation, but Chiefly to Enquire who it was that Bruised
their Brethrens Head ( as they termed it ) with y® Ax last
fall, and to make up that break, and they laid down a Belt
6 Inches wide and Seven feet long, the Sachems, and Chief
Capt“® of War told them, that they could not be Ignorant
that the six Nations had (last Summer) taken the Gov°rs
Ax, and that what they had done last fall was but a Whet to
the Ax. upon this the french man Hung his head, said
nothing, and Marched off.
I have written Pressingly to Boston that there may be
at least a thousand Pounds of our New Currency remitted
to these Gent“° with all Speed, and untill the Governments
shall agree on some Method how to defray that Charge, and
I presume that will be worth twenty times so much
WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
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Expended in the Methods heretofore taken, I hope your
Assembly will by no means Starve a good Cause but will
generously Contribute to the Promoting a design from which
we have the best Prospect.
I am S'' with greatest Regard your very
Humble Servant.
JOHN STODDARD,
the Honbie Roger Woolcott Esq'
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston May 15**' 1747
Sir,
This goes to inform your Honour, that by Dispatches I
have received from Albany & Northampton, I find that the
Indians of the Six Nations are generally spirited to go to
War against the French of Canada, that divers Parties are
now out & others daily offering themselves, which is a Point
the Governments of New England (especially those of the
Massachusetts & Connecticutt) have been labouring to carry
ever since the first of the War, and if this Spirit be duly
cherished & properly managed & directed, it may, by the
Blessing of God, prove of unspeakable Benefit for the Safet)'
of these Colonies. I refer your Honour to CoD Stoddard
for a more particular Account of this Affair, only I would
observe, that Col° Johnson & M' Lidius, whose Influence on
the Indians has brought about this great Event, are under
such Engagements as they are not able to fulfil without
proper Supplies from these Governments, & if for want of
that the Indians should suffer any Disappointment, it is
more than probable that they will be disgusted at their being
left in the Lurch by us, & will fall entirely into the
Interests of the French, which will be more fatal to these
Colonies, than any that has yet befallen us. Now as there
is no General Court in being in this Province, we can do
Nothing at present for the furnishing these Gentlemen,
tho Our General Court have intrusted M' Lidius with this
Affair, & have undertaken to supply him with a Consider-
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able Sum for this Service, & he has made his- Draught for
the Payment, which will be done, but the Parties of Indians
came so fast upon him & Johnson to be fitted out for this
Service, that what they will receive at present from this
Governmt will be a very inconsiderable part of what they
are under Engagements for, & the Gentlemen seem to ap-
prehend that there is great Danger of their being ruined &
the common Cause suffer the greatest Damage that we can
conceive of, unless they be releived from these Governm*®.
And as your Government have all along distinguished
themselves in the Service against the Enemy, & have actual-
ly joined with us in several of our late Treaties with the
Six Nations; I can have no Doubt but your General Court
will, in this critical Conjuncture, readily make such Supplies
for the Encouragement of the Indians of the six Nations for
prosecuting this War, & for keeping these Gentlemen in
heart till an Agreem* may be made between the Govern-
ments to apportion the Charge that has arisen or may arise
in this important Affair among themselves. And I shall lay
this Matter before our General Court at their first Meeting,
& doubt not but that they will chearfully fall into all the
Measures necessary for promoting this important Interest,
& think it adviseable that your Governm* should send to all
the other neighbouring Government to join in this Business,
which I shall do likewise. You will please to lay these
Matters before your Assembly as soon as possible & let
Col° Stoddard know their Resolutions on this Affair.
I am Sir Your Honour’s most
Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
Inclosed I send you an Extract from Colonel Stod-
dard’s Letter to me
The honourable Jonathan Law Esq^
JONATHAN LAW.
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JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE CLINTON.
Hartford May 20‘h 1747
S’’
Yours of the Instant, In compliance with what I
wrote you, was laid before our Assembly, the last Week but
there hath been no Resolve made upon it. The Gent"
think it not safe to make any Order concerning the Levies
of this Colony Intended for the Expedition against Canada;
not knowing how soon we may have Orders from his
Majesty concerning them ; and the raising of Others for
that particular Service, seems very difficult. Especially
Considering the Dependence had upon us In the Massachu-
setts, to help on any Emergency In the County of
Hampshire.
I am likewise to Inform your Excellency, that by an
Express from Gov'' Shirley, a Motion is made to Our Gen-
eral Court, for Making Some Supplies for the Encouragem'
of the Indians of the Six Nations for prosecuting this Warr ;
Representing the Indians of the Six Nations generally
Spirited to goto Warr against the French of Canada, & that
diverse parties are now Out, and Others daily Offering
themselves, and that Col" Johnson & M' Lidius have been
very Serviceable In bringing about this Event, and that the
Province of the Massachusetts have Intrusted M^ Lidius in
the Affair, & have Undertaken to Supply him with a Con-
siderable Sum, to Encourage & fitt out the Indians for this
Service; but the Parties of Indians Came so fast upon him
& Col" Johnson, to be fitted out, that What they will receive
at present from that Government will be but a very Incon-
sederable part of What they are under Engagem'® for; and
that Some Speedy Supply is Necessary, and therefore
Moved for to this Government, that these Gentle" may be
Enabled to fulfill their Engagem'® to the Indians, and so the
Coinon Cause Secured. Upon Which Representation Our
Assembly have Desired Me to Write to Your Excellency, to
know more fully the State of the Affair respecting the
Spirit & Disposition of the 6 Nations, and what may be'*'
*These two words underscored and “is” written above them
11285C4
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thot Necessary by y^ Governm‘ to be Done to Encourage
their prosecuting this War with Vigour; It Seems a Matter
of Great Consequence & may prove of Great Benefit for the
Safety of these Colonies; and more Especially of Your
Governmt; and We Should gladly Hear, & Chearfully assist
& do something Agreeable to our Circumstances & Scitua-
tion to Encourage them to undertake & prosecute the War,
and As You are best Acquainted with what may be the best
Expedients to be used In the Affair of forwarding them In
it ; Should therefore take it as a favour to know from you
the State of the Affair with Your Sentiments thereon and
how agreeable ’tis with You & y^ Governm‘ to have those
Gentle“ Improved; and that an Answer may be returned by
this Express
I am Sir &c
In the upper House
The aforegoing Draught for a Letter to be sent
Express to the Gov’’ of New York read and approved
• Test George Wyllys Secty
Concurred with in y® Lower House
Test Jn® Fowler Clerk
[Indorsed by Law] Copy of a Letter to Govr Clinton May
2i®t 1747
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
S’-
It gives me the greatest pleasure that you & the
Neighbouring Colonies are now sensible of the good effects
of my Treaty with the six United & other Indian Nations
last Summer & of the constant endeavours I have since that
used to make the best use of the good disposition they were
at that time brought into. This has been attended with a
very grate expence to the Crown, not only at that Treaty
but likewise Since in fitting out the Several Partys w‘=*’ have
been sent out & in rewarding them on several occasions for
their loss of Hunting & for particular Services, as well as
GEORGE CLINTON.
37
for the Pay of the Officers w‘=’’ I have since that time continu-
ally employed among them, this charge has since I left
Albany amounted to at least five Thousand pounds this
Currency. It must therefore be very agreable to His
Majesty that your Colony give a suitable assistance in this
Service contributes so much to the safety of all the
Brittish Colonies in North America & no doubt His Majesty
expects it of you; You may send such persons as you shall
think proper to see any money or goods distributed by Col°
Johnson who has my Commission to manage the Affairs of
the Indians so far as relates to the War, & in what manner
that money shall be destined by you to encourage the Indians
in Prosecution of the War You seem sensible of that
Gentlemans services in this most fatigueing as well as
dangerous employment & w'^h requires great eourage as well
as fidelity & address & therefore I hope among other things
you will consider his services & place that confidence in him
wc*! he deserves.
But after all our Indeavours for encourageing the
Indians in this manner I am apprehensive that unless we
join with them at least in some notable enterprise against
the Enemy their Spirit & Zeal will flag & they may intertain
a Jealousy that we design to make them the Cats paw & it
will be much easier to guard against this Jealousy than to
remove it after it has risen. However as in my Opinion no
particular Scheme can be entered into till His Majestys
pleasure to known with respect to the use he intends to put
the Forces which were levied for the Expedition against
Canada.
I shall keep the Assembly of this Province by short
adjournments in readiness to meet on any Emergency, & in
the mean time you may have your thoughts to make pro-
posals according to what ever Orders may eome from His
Majesty & you may be assured that I will heartily concur in
every thing that tends to His Majestys Service.
I am in great hast
Sir Your very humble Servant
G CLINTON
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Hon^ie Govern Lawes
[Superscribed] On bis Majesty’s Service To The
Jonathan Laws Esq^ Govemour of Connecticut at
Milford
[Indorsed] Gov'' Clintons Letter May 1747
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
Copy
London 28 May 1747
The Jonathan Law Esq^
S' I have the Honour of Acquainting you that Since
the foregoing Copy of my last the Lords Commiss'® of
Trade & Secretary at War have in Pursuance of an order
from his Majesty in Councill Examind the Acco^s of the
Colonys Disbursem‘s in the Expedition against Cape Breton
& have reported thereupon that for want of Sufficient
Vouchers, they have not been able to Liquidate the same,
which report being by no Means Satisfactory to his Majesty,
he has thought proper to refer the said Acco*® to the Lords
of Treasury, who we hope will think the Sanction of the
Legislature of Connecticut an Authentick proof of the
Equitableness of our Demand & that we shall be able to get
it included in the Estimate of the Expences of the Gov' for
the next Year & have no reason to Expect any thing better
will be done for us after a years unwearied Application.
However these Expectations need not prevent the Colonys
transmitting any Vouchers they can without to much Diffi-
culty & Expence be able to procure, altho I hope there is
reason to believe there may be no Occasion for them
I have not been wanting in my Pressing Application to
the Ministry in behalf of the Forces rais’d by the Colony for
the Expedition against Canada & am sorry to Acquaint
your Honour there is as little hopes of their being paid any
money from hence this Year, & as I understand those troops
are, or are to be Discharg’d, all that can be done at Present
is to have Strongly Attested Acco'® particularly specifying
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the time of their Service setled to the time of their Dis-
charge under the Sanction of the Gener' Court setting forth
their being rais’d by their order in pursuance of a Letter
from his Grace the Duke of New Castle signifying his
Majestys Pleasure that they should be put upon his pay &
those Acco‘s sent over in order to an Application for the
Money next Sessions the Demands on the Governm* this
Year prior to ours being already Greater than the Supplys
voted by Parliam‘ are Sufficient to Discharge
I am Yor Honours & the Colonys
Faithfull Hum* Serv‘
ELIAKM PALMER
[Superscribed] To the Hont>'e Jonathan Law Esq'' Governour
of the Colony of Connecticut New England
[Indorsed] Agent Palmers Letter rec<i Aug®‘ i6 1747
DUKE OF NEWCASTLE TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Extracts of a Letter from His Grace the Duke of New-
castle to Governour Shirley. Dat Whitehall May 30^^ 1747.
His Majesty has been pleas’d to direct me to Signify to
You His Pleasure that you shou’d Immediately appoint a
Meeting with Commodore Knowles at such place as shall be
agreed upon and Consider with him the present State of
Nova Scotia and Louisbourg, and take the proper Measures
for the defence of those Places.
It is His Majestys Pleasure You should endeavour to
Compleat, from out of the Americans which are now rais’d
for His Majestys Service, Sir William Pepperells Regim*
and Your own.
Lieu‘ General Phillipps Regim^ is I am afraid very
Weak I will however send him His Majestys Orders to send
what Recruits can be got from hence, And You will also
endeavoiir to have His Regim‘ Compleated out of the Amer-
icans.
As it is His Majestys Intention that the Americans
shou’d be Immediately discharg’d except only such few as
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are Mention’d above the manner of discharging them the
Satisfaction for their Time &c^ must be left to Commodore
Knowles and Yourself The King however is persuaded You
will do it as cheap as possible.
And as these American Troops have done little or no
Service hitherto It is to be hoped they will not expect to be
paid in the Manner they would have been had they Actually
been employ’d on Service : And as it seems highly reasonable
that such of these Troops as have remain’d in the Provinces
when they were Inlisted shou’d be Contented with less Pay
than such of them as may have March’d into other Prov-
inces.
When You and M^ Knowles shall have met and fully
Considered the Service to be undertaken in the manner
above directed and shall have agreed what Number of
Americans it will be Necessary to keep in Pay for that Pur-
pose it is His Majestys Pleasure that You shou’d procure an
Account of the whole Expence Incurred on Account of the
American Troops from the Time of their being Levied to
the time of their Discharge and when the same shall be
fully Adjusted and Liquidated You will Transmit it to me
with the proper Vouchers from the several Govern ours that
it may be laid before Parliam‘ to the end that Provision may
be made for the Payment And in the mean time in order to
prevent any Complaint amongst the Men that have been
Inlisted (as well those that shall be discharg’d as those that
shall Continue in Service) for want of Imediate Pay You
will recommend it to the Governours of the Provinces where
these Levies have been made to procure Creditt from the
Respective Assemblies for that Purpose which His Majesty
hopes may be done without Difficulty
It is also His Majestys Pleasure that M^ Knowles and
You shou’d Consider what Number of Americans will be
realy wanted for the Service above mention’d and the King
wou’d have You retain so many as may be absolutely Neces-
sary for that Service and no more and the King hopes that a
small Number of the Americans with His Majestys Forces
which You have may be Sufficient for that Purpose as the
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Expence of those Americans is very great and as to the
Americans in General except only such as may be wanted for
the Service above mention’d It is His Majestys Pleasure
that You in Conjhinction with Commodore Knowles shoud
thank them in such Manner as You think proper and Immedi-
ately discharge them upon the best and Cheapest Foot You
Can and in Order thereto You will Consult with the respec-
tive Gov‘s upon the manner of doing it and You will Trans-
mit to His Majesty an Imediate Account of what You shall
do therein
N B This Paragraph shou’d have been Inserted between
the Fourth and fifth Paragraphs.
(A Copy) W SHIRLEY CHAS KNOWLES.
[Indorsed] Extracts of Y® Duke of New Castles Letter to
G^s Sherly &c
BENNING WENTWORTH TO JONATHAN LAW.
Portsmouth May 30th
Sir,
His Majestys Service haveing made it necessary for me
to appoint an officer in your Government, to prevent the
destruction of the Kings woods on the Several branches
of Connecticut River & the parts adjacent, & M^ William
Prout haveing been recommended to me as a fit person to be
Imploy’d on this occasion, I have Impower’d him to take
Care of the Kings woods in that Quarter, I must therefore
recommend him to your Honour, hopeing he will meet with
all Necessary assistance in your Government, where His
Majestys Interest requires it, and if there should be any
Impediment in the way you will be very kind in Signifying
it to me, that I may have an opportunity to remove it.
Mr Prout has my Instructions to behave prudently &
discreetly in his office, & to Show all proper Respect to
your Honour & those in Authority under you, which I am
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hopeing he has duly observed. I am with great respect
your Honours most obedient
& humie Serv‘
B WENTWORTH
The Honie Jonathan Law Esq^
[Indorsed] Gov^' Wentworths May 30 1747
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston June i^t 1747
Sir,
I wrote to your Honour the 15*^ of May last to inform
you of the State of Affairs in relation to the Six Nations &
the general Inclination among them to prosecute the War
against our common Enemy, & thereupon to desire that
your Government would encourage this Spirit in those
Indians by making such Supplies for fitting them out &
rewarding their Services as may be necessary for that End.
Since the Date of my Letter Our General Court are met, &
having taken the same Matter under Consideration, have
Voted One Thousand Pounds New Tenor to be put into the
Hands of Col° Stoddard to be employed in this Service,
which together with ^750 before remitted to him in Goods
by Order of the Governm‘ being added to the many Presents
which this Governm^ have made to those Indians, since the
beginning of the War, may justly be esteemed so large a
Proportion of the Charge necessary in the most effectual
manner to encourage the six Nations, to prosecute this War,
that if the other Governments in North America, would
grant proportionable Sums for the same Service, It is highly
probable that the Success of these Attempts would more
than Answer our Expence, it being the most likely way to
weaken & distress the French at present, & to make Way
for the Reduction of Canada, when ever it may be attempted.
This I write to your Honour at the Request of our
General Assembly (who are much concerned to have this
Affair Succeed) as well as from my own earnest Desire to
promote an Affair which I think His Majesty’s Interests &'
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the Safety of his good Subjects in these Colonies is so deeply
concerned; And therefore I must pray yr Honour to lay
this Matter before your Assembly & use your Influence for
bringing them in to join with us in promoting this Service
I am Sir
Your Honour’s most
obedient humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
The hon^iie Jonathan Law Esqr
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Hartford June 3'^ 1747
Upon the Motion of Col° Huntington that some method
for the Redemption of his Son, now in Captivity with many
other New England People at Canada, may be provided; I
am Desired to Send to you, to know whether a Carteel may
be Settled between New England, & the French at Canada,
to go up the river S* Lawrence, and by that way obtain the
Redemption of Our Captives; and what hath been done
already towards it; that if any Flag of Truce should go
from Boston, we may have Opportunity to take Benefit
thereby, and if none can be obtained that way then whether
a Settlement may not be made for the Exchange of our
Prisoners by Land, and what method may have been tho’t
off by you for this Purpose ;
Your Answer hereto will Oblige Your Excellencys
Obedient Humble Servant
His Excellency W™ Sherley Esq^
[Indorsed by Trumble] Copy of Letter to Gow Shirley
June 4‘h 1747
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JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE CLINTON.
Hartford June 1747
.S>
On the Motion of Col° Huntington, that Some Method
may be provided for the Redemption of his Son, now in
Captivity with many Other New England People at Canada;
I am Desired to write to your Excellency to Know whether
a Settlement may not be Obtained for the Exchange of
Prisoners by Land, between those Governments, and the
French at Canada, and whether any Measures may have
already been used towards it, and what method is thot of
by you for this Purpose; Your Answer in this regard will
oblige
S^ Your Excellency’s
Obedient Hum® Servant
His Excelpy G. Clinton Esq^
[Indorsed by Law] Copy of a Letter to Gov*" Clinton
June 3d 1747
[Indorsed by Trumble] Copy of Letter to Gov*" Clinton
June 4*1^ 1747
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW. *
Copy
London 4^^' June 1747
The Jonathati Law Esq^
Sr
Having already wrote your Horn by this Conveyance
I have only to add thereto Copies of the Report made to his
Majesty by the Lords of Trade upon examining the Acco‘®
of the Colony’s Disbursements in the Expedition against
Cape Breton and the order of Reference to the Lords of the
Treasury whom I shall accordingly attend thereupon & am
* This letter preceeds, on the same sheet the letter of Eliakim Palmer to Law
dated London 26»h Augt 1747
GEORGE CLINTON.
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ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Council Chamber Whitehall
the 27‘h Day of May 1747
Present
The Lords of His Majestys most Hon’ble Privy Council
Whereas there was this Day read at the Board a Report
made by the Lords Commissrs for Trade & Plantations, and
His Majesty’s Secretary at War dated the 14 of this Ins‘
upon Examining into the Account of the Expences of the
Colony of Connecticut arisen from the Expedition to Cape
Breton & for the Defence & Security of Louisburg after
it’s Reduction to His Majesty’s Obedience, Which Expences
the said Colony pray’d to be reimburs’d. It is thereupon
order in Council, that the said Report together with the
Accounts thereto Annex’d, Be, and they are herewith Trans-
mitted to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty’s Treasury
who are to Call the Agent of the said Colony before them, &
to Settle and Adjust the Demand made by the said Colony,
& to prepare an Estimate of the Expence in order to be laid
before the next Session of Parliament
[Indorsed by Law] Order of the King & Council to y® L^s of
the Treasury May 27 1747 rec^ March 21st
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
5th June 1747
I have the favour of yours of 25th of last Month by
Mr Justice Whiting I immediately gave directions and
proper Orders, and referr you to Mr Whiting for particulars
I am in great hopes to be able to put a Stop to these villain-
ous proceedings and make an Example of Some
I am Sr very much your
humble Serv‘
G CLINTON
To the Hon^’i® Govr Laws
[Indorsed] Govr Clintons June io‘h 1747
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JAMES WADSWORTH TO JONATHAN LAW.
Durham June 1747
May it please Your Honour
to excuse me for troubleing you Soone with these
lines, after my parting with Your Honour at Hartford,
I intended to mentioned it in the Assembly to consider
whether the act of parliament, in reference to Canvas would
not hurt this Govern I feare it will discourage Industery, &
put a Hardship upon the tradeing part of this Colony. I
would humbly propose it to Your Honour to write to our
agent m^ Palmer, whether that act as now explained will be
understood to extend to the plantations, if So whether by a
proper aplication we may not be allowed to cloath our own
vessells with canvas made amongst our Selves. Not further
to ad, but to ask your Honours pardon, and
to Subscribe my Self
your verry humble & obedient Serv‘
JAMES WADSWORTH
[Superscribed] For the Honourable Jonathan Law
Esq’’ at Milford.
[Indorsed] James Wadsworths Letter June 1747
ISRAEL WILLIAMS’ LETTER
Hatf^ June 19. 1747
To the Chief Military Officers
of the Several Companies in
the Regiment of the Militia
in the County of Hampsh^
Gent“,
I have this minute by Express
from Mr Lydius, rec'^ Information that eight days before ye
date of this, that near three hundred Canoes and Battoes
then arriv‘d at Crown point, with 8, 10, & 12 men in each,
discov<i by Some of our friend Indians who were at Crown
point, waiting for an Opportunity to Catch some of our
Enemies. Its probable the Enemy have or will take their
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Rout to our Frontiers. This is therefore to direct you to
See to it that your Companies be all Equip’d and in the
Utmost readiness to march for ye relief of those that may be
in distress, or Stand in need of help.
If Maj*' Pynchon be in the County I desire he would
Write Gov'' Wolcott, the news, and desire they woud be
ready & afford us their Assistance. I am now sending to
Boston and cant write.
I am, Yr Hume Ser‘
IS^ WILLIAMS
To be sent to ye sev> officers forthwith.
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston June 20‘h 1747
Sir,
At the Desire of Our General As.sembly, I send your
Honour by Express the Advices, I have just now received,
of a great Body of French and Indians assembled at Crown
Point, & from thence on their March towards Our Fron-
tiers, or the Frontiers of the Province of New York, or
both; (as we must necessary conclude) and as We have the
utmost reason to expect an Attack from the Enemy every
Moment, I must desire your Honour, forthwith to send a
good Body of Forces out of your Government, for the Pro-
tection of Our Western Frontiers, with orders to your
Commanding Officer to act with the Utmost Care & Diligence
in this Affair, & to follow such Directions as he shall receive
from Col° John Stoddard, or in his Absence from Brigadier
Dwight for his proceedings herein. It is thought adviseable
that a great Part of your Soldiers be sent to Stockbridge &
the Places in that neighbourhood which will be much exposed
to the Enemy. If your men can carry a good Quantity of
Provisions without much Delay, it will expedite their March,
& there will be danger of your not finding sufficient Provi-
sions there, & they may depend upon this Government’s
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paying them for it.
I am Sir, Your Honour’s
most obedient humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
Gov^ Laws
[Indorsed] Govr Shirley’s Express concerning a Discovery
of a Body of French & Indians receiv‘d June 24‘h 1747
JOHN H. LYDIUS TO JOHN STODDARD.
Col° Stoddard,
Sr
According to Orders I sent a party of 14 Indians
against the Enemy. One of the said Party meeting with a
Mischance got lame, with whom four others returned, so
that but nine proceeded & came as far as Crown Point where
they lay in wait two days for an Opportunity to try to make
an attack. They espied in the Lake a large body of Canoes
& Battoes of about or near three hundred 8, 10 & 12 men
in each. Seeing them in a Body appeared as an Island in
the Lake when they came near Crown Point Fort, they were
Saluted with 12 great Guns which was returned by their
small Arms. Those Indians thinking this a matter of great
importance found good speedily to return, in order to give
us intelligence of that large Body coming as they think
against some of the Frontiers. S^ taking this to be a matter
of such Importance incumbent on me to give your Honour
information I have as speedily as possible forwarded this by
Express, this is the sixth day since they have seen the
aforesaid Army arrive at Crown Point. I have also this
day jointly with CoF Roberts sent Six of the same Indians
and one white man in order to make a further discovery of
their motions & if to your parts shall if possible give advice.
In the mean time I beg of your Hon*" to send orders to all
the western Frontiers to be on their guard for fear of a
surprize. Hend^ & his party is not arrived but momently
JOHN n. l.YDIUS.
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expected, I am with due regards to y Hon'' & all friends
yr Hon's
most humble & Obed‘ Servt
JOHN H. LYDIUS
Albany June 17, 1747.
P. S. S' The article of Virmilmion is not to be had at
New York nor Philadelphia & is exceeding necessary, I beg
all that is to be had at Boston may be sent here without
delay. Just now came to Town one Tiscauorora Indian
having also with a party of Six been fitted and was gone
three of whom turned back, the other three proceeded, &
being got as far as Teyondaroge where from a mount they
see the abovementioned Enemy going by towards Wood
Creek so that it appears to me it is meant either for Hosack
or Saratoga.
They was on said hill they heard the fire of a Gun, they
put their Packs off and went down the hill, they see some of
the Enemy’s Canoes who had perceived, and they called to
them who they were Ours answered Tiscororas on which
several Shot was fired at our Indians who then fled, being as
they said but three in number One of them see an Indian
Enemy on the Land at whom he fired and killed him and as
he was going to take his Scalp he was shot by some others
laying concealed he crying out to the two others, I am
killed, at whom several Shot was also fired the one that is
arrived does not know what is become of the third, he
farther says he see and spoke to some Cognewagers who
said the French had a Fort at Teyonnonderoge and at the
Lake S‘ Sacrema and on the hearing that the two Tiscaroros
was killed they said they would not proceed further but
return directly. I am as abovs<i
Y' Hon's most humb^ Obed‘ Serv'
JOHN H LYDIUS
Copy Examined
^ J Willard Secry
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[Indorsed] John H Lydius’s Advice of Arrival of a
Large Body of French & Indians at Crown Point on
the iith June Instant rec^ June 24*^' 1747
JOSIAH WILLARD TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston June 20‘*’ 1747
Sir,
I am directed by the General Court of this Province to
acquaint your Honour, That his Excellency our Govern^ has
determined (at the request of both Houses) to send a Flag
of Truce to Canada, with Commissioners to proceed therein
to Quebeck, in order to effect the Redemption of all .such
English Prisoners belonging to this Governm* and the Gov-
ernmts of New Hampshire, Connecticut & Rhode Island as
may be within that Government, and to use all possible Care
to recover such of the said English Captives as may be in
the hands of the Indians ; And that all the french Prisoners
that may be obtained within these Governments be sent in
the s'! Flag of Truce to Canada; And I am further to inform
your Honour, that the Resolution of this Governmt in the
said Affair is taken in Confidence that the said Governm^® of
New Hampshire, Connecticut & Rhode Island will join
in the Expence that will arise by the sending the said Flag
of Truce in proportion to the Number of Prisoners belonging
to each Governm^ that may be redeemed; And it is also
desired that your Honour would give Orders that whatever
french Prisoners are within your Colony be forthwith got
ready to be sent hither in order to their being transported
to Canada in the said Flag of Truce. Your Honour will
please to let this Goverm* know your Determination on this
Affair as soon as you can with Convenience.
I am Sir,
Your Honour’s most Obedient
and most Humble Serv‘
JOSIAH WILLARD Secry
The honb'e Governour Laws
[Indorsed] Secry Willards Letter ab‘ a flagg of Truce June
20th 1747
GKORGE CLINTON.
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GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
New York 21 June 1747
La.s night I reed by Expres.s from Coll Roberts an
account, that on the 10“’ Inst arrived at Crown point about
300 Canoes with French & Indians the major part Indians,
with two large white flaggs & Drums beating, & that the
Fort saluted them with 12 Guns, which they return’d with
small arms, & that a Tuscorara Indian came to Albany
last Wednesday in the afternoon, he was part of a party of 3
that went a Scalping about 30 mile on this side Crown point,
& says that on Sunday last he met the Enemy in a great
number of Canoes coming the way toward Wood Creek, &
that they were attacked by six Indians, that were a Shoar
as Scouts, that they killed his Brother & he escaped by
flight, & that it is believed this Expedition is against
some part of new England.
I am S'" with great respect
your Honours most humble Ser‘
G CLINTON
P S I am this moment embarking for Albany
[Superscribed] On his Majesty’s Service To The Honble
Jonathan Laws Esq’' Governour & Commander in Chief
of Conecticut
[Indorsed] Gov^ Clintons rec<i June 24 1747
ROGER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford June 23. 1747
The Enclosed Letters with Letter from Gov’' Shirley to
me Came by Express from Gov’' Shirley Last Night upon
viewing the Contents I thought best to Call the Comittee for
the War and Lay the [ ] before them before I sent it to
your Horn that you might know what was done by them
The Comittee have Met this day and Resolved to send
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400 men to Stockbridg-e and our north western fronteers
Your Horn will Consider what is further to be Done
from Whome I shall alwaies hope to Directed and am
your Honrs
very Humble serv*
R WOLCOTT
the Honabie J.oNATH Law Esqr
[Superscribed] To The Honabie Jonathan Law Esqr In
Milford
[Indorsed] Goyr Wolcotts concerning Comte of War at
Hartford Order to Detach Men. June 23^ 1747
NATHANIEL STANLY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford June 27*^ 1747
Honbi^
I rec<t yours by Capt Elihu Hall and the two Comissions
Inclosed, and also a dozen of Blanks which I have Sent
back by Cap* Hall desier your Hounr will put your Seal to
them & Send them, to Hartford by the first Opertunity ; I
think that these Comissions Should have your Hounds Seal
and not the Seal of the Corporation; being ofisors not
appointed by the Assembly but by your Houn^; as to what
your Hounr mentions of being at a Loss what was Intended
by wrighting for Commissions for three Companeys when
there was four to be Raised, the reason was this; we got
two blanks of the Secretary which we filled up for the two
Commission Officers in this Regement, and we thought that
the others might be Sent from your Houn^ Sooner than any
other way our men marched from on thirsday last for Stcck-
bridge, the Comette of Warr have Ordered Eight barrels of
porke of the Goverments Stores in Co’i Wells hands to be
taken into baggs and transported on Horseback to Sheffield
for the Support of our forces, which went a long yesterday,
by 12 Horses & Six men to Convey it, we hear nothing
further of the Enemy but are in hourly expectation of hearing
Something about them ; I hear they are verey much allarumed
in the uper Towns, & have drawn the Men in the Lower
NATHANIEL STANLY. — WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
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Towns up into there fronters, a Small party I hear have
lately ben discovered at Dearfield, if all that we hear is
true I fear there is Great dainger of the Enemys doing great
Spoyl on Some of the English Setelments unless by an Over
Ruleing hand of providence they are prevented As to what
your Hounr mentions Concerning the Goverments Stores,
I am of the Opinion it is best Spedaly to dispose of the
greatest part I fear the porke hath taken Damage allredey
and if it lies much longer unsould, I fear will be Lost,
Capt Halls is now waiting, and I shall not further Add but
that I Remain your Hounds Most Obedient Humble Ser^tt
NATHLL STANLY
To the Hon*’*® Jonathan Law Esq''
[Indorsed] Coll* Stanlys July 3^ 1747
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston June 29**1 1747
Sir,
This will inform your Honour that this Government
taking into Consideration the great Danger which all his
Majesty’s Colonies in North America are in (as well as their
own particular Danger) of being in Time destroyed by the
French & Indians under their Influence, without a firm
Union between themselves for their mutual Defence, & for
weakening & destroying the Power of the Enemy, and more
especially for driving the French from the Borders of the
Province of New York & this Province have appointed
Commissioners to meet in a Congress to be held at New
York on the second day of September next, with such Com-
missioners as may be appointed by all his Majestj^’s
Governments from New Hampshire to Virginia inclusively,
then & there to treat & agree upon Measures for encourag-
ing the Indians of the six Nations vigorously to prosecute
their Incursions on the Enemy, as also to agree upon the
Method & Proportion of raising Men «& Money for carrying
on the War both offensively, & defensively, and to project &
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settle such Enterprizes & Plans of Operation as the Com-
mon Interest shall require
Your Honour will I doubt not duly consider the great
Importance of this Matter & represent it in the strongest
Light to your Assembly that they may see not only how
deeply his Majesty’s Interest in General is concerned, but
that their own particular Safety will be soon much affected
by the growing Power of the French, & more especially the
Hazard there is, that they will bring the Six Nations into
their Interest, in Case they are not forthwith most vigor-
ously supported by the English; without which it will be
but a very little while before the Southern as well as
Northern Colonies, will be exposed to their Fury; And
therefore I would earnestly recommend it to the several
Governments separately to make Provision without Delay
for the Encouragement of the Six Nations, ’till the Congress
can be held; This Government having already advanced
many large Sums of Money & still continuing to do more
for this Service. Your Honour will be pleased to give me
Seasonable Advice of the Resolutions of your Government
on this most important AfEair
I am Sir
Your Honour’s most
obedient & most humble Servant
W. SHIRLEY
The hon^ie Jonathan Law Esq^
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford June 30*’’ 1747
Yours of the 2o‘*’ I rec^ on y® 24‘h with Advise from his
Hon*" the D. Govemour that he had called the Corn*®®
together and that they had agreed to Send 400 men and I
gave Commissions accordingly for that purpose who were
Soon upon their march. I had advice from Gov*" Clinton of
the arrival of a body of French and Indians att Crown point
just before I rec<i yours: I have Since a Rumour from up
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Country and from new York of 64 persons being killed and
taken att Surratoga which I fear was all that Remained
there the Rest haveing deserted
Our assembly have granted 6oo" to be Sent to Coll*
Stoddard for Incouraging the Indians and more to be drawn
out by me and my Concil if occasion should So require, not
Exceeding 2000" this is all present the needful from
Your Excellencies most
humble & obedient Servant
JONTH law
his Excellency Gow Shirley
[Indorsed] Copies of Letters to Gov'’ Shirley & Secry
Willard June 30‘h 1747
JONATHAN LAW TO JOSIAH WILLARD.
Milford June 1747
In Answer to yours of the 20‘h Instant I send you a
Copy of the Act of our Assembly in May last on the
Memorial of Hez: Huntington Esq^ which affords an
Answer to yours so far as I am able to give w^h is as follows
Att a Gen* Assembly &c*
I am S*' Your humble and
obedient Servant
JONTH law
JosiAH Willard Secrv
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO DUKE OF BEDFORD.
Extract of a letter from Gov'' Shirley to the Duke of
Bedford dated July 2^ 1747.
As to the Connecticut & Rhode Island levies, I think it
may be proper to apprize your Grace that the Soldiers of the
*The resolution of the Assembly directs the Governor to see what can be
done about arranging for an exchange of prisoners; and to prosecute that design
he is authorized to draw from the public treasury so much money as he with the
advice of the Council shall judge necessary.
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Regiment rais’d in the firstmention’d Colony, & consisting
of ab* looo Men, were dismiss’d to their respective homes
after their Arms being deliver’d up to their Officers, ab‘
twelve Months before the time of their being discharg’d by
Mr Knowles & me on the 31®* of October last, there to
remain till farther Order; so that they were employ’d oli no
Duty all that time, but follow’d their several Occupations in
in their own Dwellings, subject to the Inconvenience of be-
ing oblig’d to hold themselves in Readiness to return to his
Majesty’s Service, when call’d upon; The whole Pay of
these Officers & Soldiers for this Space of time will amount
to ab‘ ;,Ci5ooo Sterl®^; & what Deductions sh<i be made out
of the pay of the Noncommission Officers & private Men, or
rather what Allowance should be made ’em for their remain-
ing so long under the Terms of their Enlistment, at their
own Houses, I thought would be proper for your Grace’s
Consideration; as also what Saving might be reasonably
made out of the Pay of the Commission Officers, whose Case
seems to be different from that of their respective Com-
panies ; it having been, as they urge to me, ag* their Consent
that the Men were thus dismiss’d, but a voluntary Act in the
Men; & besides it seems very considerable in their favour,
that they were at an Expence in raising their Men, & put
themselves out of their former Course of Business, & may
probably be Losers upon the whole, even if they sh^ receive
their full Pay without Deductions for this time, & the En-
couragement or Diseouragement of the Officers in general
to exert themselves on future Emergencies in his Majesty’s
Service, by the Treatment, they receive from the Crown
upon this Occasion, seems to be likewise a Matter that
deserves your Graces Consideration.
Copy,
W SHIRLEY
[Indorsed by Law] Extract of a Letter from Gow Shirley to
D of Bedford July 2^ 1747 rec<^ June 28 1749
JONATHAN LAW.
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JONATHAN LAW TO NATHANIEL STANLY.
Milford July 3^^ 1747
Yours by Cap‘ Hall of the 27‘h Last I received Sent for
my Comte that I might give Orders to the Comissaries and I
rec^i a Letter from Gov^ Shirley a Copy whereof I Inclose to
to you and on Consideration thereof thot it adviseable
to deferr giving out those Orders ’till the coming of the
Post from York when I might possibly be further ad-
vised of the present State of Affairs to the Northward, and
Considering the Provision already made for encouraging the
Indians, and the Care and Authority for protecting the
Frontiers Lodg’d with the Com‘e being the speediest Rem-
edy on any sudden Emergency and there having been pro-
vision made (with good caution) for a general Congress at
Nw York. We thot it not likely to be of any real Service to
be at the Charge and fatigue of an Assembly in so busy
a Season, yet I would ask the Sentiments of you Gentlemen
above whether the Provision above mention’d may not
answer the Ends proposed as well & as fully as any thing
which might further be done by an Assembly ?
Not knowing how soon you may have special Occasion
for Comissions I have added my Seal & sent them not
thinking it safe to delay it for an Accidental Opportunity. I
also Inclose to you an Extract of a Letter out of one of
the Nw York News Papers of this Week
My Service to his Horn and the Rest of the Gentlemen
to your Spouse & accept the same from Y^ Friend & Ser‘
JONN LAW
Nath Stanly Esq
Copy
PS. I sent on the 30th of Last Month to Gov*" Shirley
an acc‘ of what was for Encouragement of the Indians and
of the 400 Men sent
J LAW
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Col> Stanly & concerning
Gov^ Shirley® Letter July 3*1 1747
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WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston July 1747
Sir,
Upon the Advices I have received this Day, by Express
from Our Western Frontiers, of the great Appearance of the
Enemy upon Hudson’s River, & the Attack they are making
upon the Fort at Sarahtogo, and the Danger I apprehend
the Indians of the Six Nations are in, as well as all the
English Colonies, in Case of the Enemy’s Success, I have
thought it necessary to give Brigadier Dwight Orders, that
if the Forces on Hudson’s River should want any Succours
to drive the Enemy out of those Parts, & to defend the Six
Nations, that he should go with such a Detachment, out of
his Regiment, as might be spared without endangering our
own Frontier; And I must earnestly recommend it to your
Honour, to send such a Force out of your Government,
as being joined with those of New York, & such as might
be spared from Our Frontier, may, by the Blessing of God,
give some notable Repulse to the Enemy, & hearten Our
Friend Indians; for it is better encountering the Enemy at
some Distance than in the Heart of Our own Country ; This
Affair must be proceeded upon without Delay; For if we
should succeed herein, nothing will more effectually secure
the Six Nations in Ox:r Interests, But if the Enemy should
succeed, there is the utmost Danger of our losing the Six
Nations, wch would be of the most fatal Consequence to Us.
I am Sir,
Your Honour’s most
obedient humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
The Honbie Jonathan Laws Esq*'
[Indorsed] Gov^ Shirleys July 10 1747
DEPUTY GOVERNOR AND ASSISTANTS.
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DEPUTY GOVERNOR AND ASSISTANTS TO
JONATHAN LAW.
Norwich July 6*^ 1747
Col° Huntington moving us to give our Thoughts
upon what money shall be drawn by your Honour for The
Settling the Carteil To Canada for The Redemption of our
Prisoners from Thence, and Informing us That on our
Motion They are proceeding upon it at Boston, and have
Chosen Coinissioners To Go, and Intend to Send Speedily,
and That There is No Time to be Lost; and Considering
The Difficulty of your Honour’s getting the Council To-
gether upon it; We have Therefore presumed To Inform of
our Opinion, That Col° Huntington be Entrusted with One
Thousand pounds old Tenour To be Improved for That
purpose, and That he be directed Concerning it That if Less
may Answer The Intention That he Return what is over;
Tho according To our Small Acquaintance with .Such Affairs,
we are apt To Think That will not be more Than will be
Expected from us; and We should be tinwilling To have it
Fail Tho more should be Wanted; Which is Submitted
By your Honour’s
Obedient Humble Servants
SAMUEL LYNDE
JONTH TRUMBLE
I Concur ROGER WOLCOTT
WM PITKIN
NATHLL STANLY
JNO CHESTER
To the Honbie Jonth Law Esq*"
[Indorsed] D Gov'' &c for Coll' Huntington July ii"' 1747
to draw a 1000" old Tenour
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JOSIAH WILLARD TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston July 6*’’ 1747
Sir,
On the 2 2<i of last Month I wrote to your Honour, by
Order of the General Court of this Province, referring to a
Flag of Truce Governour Shirley is sending to Canada:
The only thing I have to inform your Honour of, on that
Head is, that it is expected that the Flag of Truce will sail
from hence about the Middle of next Week, & to desire, that
if there be any French Prisoners in your Government which
your Honour proposes to send to Canada by this Flag of
Truce, that you would please to send them to Boston so
that they may be ready to embark by the Time appointed
I am with great respect
Sir, your Honour’s
most Obedt hum® Servant
JOSIAH WILLARD
I have reed your Honour's Letter by the last Post
Gov*" Laws
[Indorsed] Secry Willards July 10 1747
NATHANIEL STANLEY TO JONATHAN I.AW.
Hartford July 8*11 1747
S^
yours by Cap* Hall Came last night to my hand about
Eleven a Clook I have not yet had oppertunity to Acquaint
the Dept Gov^ with it, but shall take the first opertunity for
it, I have this minit Rec't your Hounr® of y« 7*^^ Instant with
what is Inclosed; there will need nothing to be done re-
lating to the Deficulty Complaind of by Cap* Andrew
Tuttle, respecting his men at Sheffield, for the Comitt® of
Warr have Sent an Express yesterday to Call them all of,
we have Co'i Stoddards advise for it, I am Sorrey your
Hounr or Co^^ Eeles Should be troubled with Such Com-
plaints from the Officers, I think if they had wanted any
Provitions they Should have Sent to y® Comitte of Warr
hear who would have taken Care to have Supplied them, I
NATHANIEL STANLEY. JAMES WADSWORTH.
6l
hope they have not Suffered, much by reason of want, we
have Sent them 12 barels of pork, and 1200 wait of Bread,
and have Ordered that if it be not all Spent to leave the
remainder with Aaron Sheldon ; a person who Co” Stoddard
Desires it may be left with for the use of that Goverment
As to what your Houn'' mentions Concerning the Assemblys
being Called to meet, I can Say onely for my Selfe, that
I am of the Opinion it is not nessarey to Call the Assembly
to Meat at this time, for as much as the Assembly have
All redey Appointed, Gent men Comissioners to Meet in
a Congress as is proposed by Gov*" Shurley and as to the
Affairs of the Warr I hope the Comitte of Warr hear will
not be wanting to do Evereything that lyes with them to do
for ye publick good. The Dep‘ Govr was at Hartford yester-
day who is lately Come from North Hampton, and has had
a great deal of discorse with Co” Stoddard respecting the
Manegment of ye Warr the Co” thinks it may be best that
our men return that are at Sheffield & Stockbridge thinking
they ar not in more dainger then Some other places; it
is Said that at N° 4 they hear Guns fiered in the woods all
most everey day which they Conclude are done by the
Enemy; there being no English persons there; the Co” I
perceve is of the minde that the Enemy will Stear there
Corse Chiefly towards the Dutch & the Six nations this
Sumer, but is not without fear that Some of the Uper
Towns may Suffer by them
I shall not further Add but with my Hearty Regards
to your Honour, & Servise to Maddam your Spouse, I sub-
scribe my Selfe your Honours Humble Serv^
NATHLL STANLY
[Indorsed by Law] Coll Stanly’s July 9^” 1747
JAMES WADSWORTH TO JONATHAN LAW.
Durham July 174^.
May it please your Honour
Capt E : Hall is with me, he proposeth to me from your
Honour, whether at Gov*" Sherrly desire a Gen” Assy be
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called to appoynt Comrs to Joyne those of the Mass*® &c.
I can not give in to the opinion of calling an Assembly for
that purpose, if it be thought proper to Joyne our Com^s
doubtless it will be time enough next October, for as yet
(as I Supose) the more western have not yet appoynted
theire Commas; wishing your Honour health & prosperity,
the barer waits & may not enlarge
I remaine your Honours
most humble Serv‘
JAMES WADSWORTH
[Superscribed] To the Honourable Jonathan Law Esqf
At Milford
[Indorsed] Colh Wadsworth’s July 8^^ 1747
JAMES WADSWORTH TO JONATHAN LAW.
Durham July pti’ 1747.
Honourable Sir:
Colonel Huntington is now with me, and hath Shewen
to me a letter Signed by his Horn the Dep‘ Gov^ &c, therein
a Sum of money mentioned &c I believe that Sum there
mentioned will be (as to quantety) expended before we get
our Captives home, but I am Informed that the matter is
undertaken by the Gove‘ of the Massa‘s with an expectation,
that we be our proportiable part according to the number of
Captives will be found there belonging to this Colony &
Shall be Redeemed So it dont look like that any money will
be now wanted, but if your Honour thinkes it Necesary, I
consent to the drawing out the Sum mentioned in the above
letter, being the needfull from
your Honours
Most humble Serv‘
JAMES WADSWORTH
[Superscribed] To the Honourable Jonathan Law Esq^
at Milford
EUllU HALL. JONATHAN LAW.
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ELIHU HALL TO JONATHAN LAW.
Wall<i 1747
May it please your Hon''
I have sent this to convey Col* Wadsworth’s Letter
being disappointed of any other Oppurtunity Whereby y
honour may be advised of Col' Stanly & Co' Chesters Senti-
ments on the Contents of Gov'' Shirley’s Letter 29 June
Ult: who both express themselves that the Matter is well
provided for without Limitation of Time as to any past
Period, guarded with due Caution, & as to Co' Wadsworths
your Honr will have it before you. I am your Honrs Dutiful
& Obedient Serv' to comand
E HALL
The Hon' Govr Law
[Indorsed] Cap' Hall’s July 10"' 1747
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford July ii"' 1747
Si’-
In answere to that of m*" Sectry Willards of the 6"'
Instant: We have not any french Prisoners In this Colony
at present: that I Can Learn yet hope we may have all
propper benifit by the Flag of Truce your are Sending to
Canada. We have had many french Prisoners here since
the Reduction of Cape breton who have been Rele[ ]<i to
Return to their several places: Without any In Exchange
for them: Which may be as an argument for the Redemp-
tion of ours at Canada.
And as we Expect to be at our proportion of Charge
agreeable to tirmes proposed by your General Court: So
that there be a Remembrance of all our Captives there.
Especaly of M*" Hezekiah Huntington Jun*" Cap' Samuell
Storey Peter Harris Jun^ Edy Trap & Lemuell Martin
I rec'^ yours of y^ 6"' Instant on y® 10"' as also that of y®
29"' of June on y® 3d Instant and remembering that the
Assembly here had appointed Comrs for a Congress at the
same place on y® same Acc' and that y® Assembly had
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ordered money for y® encouragement of ye Indians (as I
hinted to you before) and appointed a Com‘ee of Warr at
Hartford for ye Defence of our frontiers and your western
ones I doubted of any adventagious addition to be made by
an Assembly, however sent by an Express to the D.
Governour and other Gentlemen above to know their Senti-
ments about it as also to send provisions to our Troops gone
into your Gov* where the people could not support them.
I reel an Answer on ye 9th dated on ye Sti’ That nothing
could be added by an Assembly in the Articles proposed and
that provisions were sent and directed that what should not
be used by our forces should be left with Sheldon
according as Colh Stoddard had desired for the use of your
Gov‘ and that an Express was sent yesterday to call off our
forces, done by Coll Stoddards Advice.
Now your Excellency knows the motion you make for
joyning Brigadier Dwight cant be without an Assembly
which makes it impracticable to be done without delay.
Colh Skuyler is got safe to Surratoga tho Majr Williams’s
Scout were there before him and returnd to fort Massachu-
setts without seeing any Enemy, but that I might not be
tedious I Subscribe
Your humble, obedient Servant
J L
his Excellency Gov^ Shirley
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov^ Shirley July 11* 1747
JOHN STODDARD TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Hampton July 13-1747
when you was here I Informed you that I had laid out
the Six Hundred Pounds you wrote to me of, according to
the best of my Power, and that the Goods were purchased
with other Goods bought with Money Granted by our Gov-
ernment, which your Hou“r thought not worth while to
distinguish by Parcells.
JOHN STODDARD.
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I have Inclosed a Copy of the Invoice Sent to
Lydias, with a Copy of my last Letter to him, wherein you
will observe that I propose that the Goods be Employed
agreable to my Letter of June i: wherein I directed those
Gent™" to use the (ioods in fitting out the Indians, and
rewarding them for Scalps & Prisoners according as had
been accustomed by the Government of New York, always
taking an accompt of the Numbers of each Party sent on
our account, with the Names of their Commanders, and
transmitting these things to me ^ first oppertunity, taking
Care not to Exceed the Sum Granted.
This I thought a safe way, and would not lay the Gov-
ernment under a necessity of more Expence than they
Pleased hereafter to be at.
I have given my Note for the Goods bought for Con-
necfct Government, and if you Please to send the Bills ^
Mr Benj" Alvard his receipt shall Discharge you.
There will doubtless be the Charge of freight &c which
I can’t at Present particularly Inform you of.
you are Sencible that the usual Commissions are five
cent.
my Express returned from Albany on Saturday last by
whom Mr Lydius wrote largly. I perceive that 5 Senecas
and one Dutch man left Hendrick (two or three days before
their misfortune) and Went to Isle Pero near Montreal, and
killed or took three Persons and burnt Several buildings,
Hendrick landed on the same Island, but was obliged to lye
Concealed two or 3 days then 26 determined to return and
12 designed to make tryal for an oppertunity near Montreal,
and before they had been long parted, the 26 attempting
to land on the Southern Shore the French and Caguawagas
Called who is there, they answered Maquas and Albanians,
then the Enemy fired on our People who lost Seven Blacks
and 3 whites. Hendrick was within hearing, and they pre-
tend to know and call by name several french Maquas, that
were present and that such a man Said he had taken two
another one &c they say a french man had taken two, who
happened to kill their Master & Escaped.
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Hendrick Complains greatly to Gov»*' Clinton of the
negligence of the Several Governments in loosing divers
oppertunities to take Crown Point &c.
but I must break of, think the easiest way is to send
my Letters that you may Peruse them before I send to
Boston, and
Remain your very Humble Obedient Servant
JOHN STODDARD
the Honi^ie Roger Wolcott Esq^
INVOICE OF GOODS.
Invoice of Two Cases & Three Bales Merchandize, Eleven
Piggs & Thirty Barrs Lead, & Two Chests Arms, Ship’d by
the Hont>’e John Stoddard Esq'', on board the Brigt Success
Tim° Standley Master for New York, & consigned to M^
Robert Livingston J unr Merchant there, to be Forwarded to
Maj'' John H Lydius at Albany, Mark’d and Numbered
^ Margent Viz‘
S a Case Cont® viz'
I 3 p Strip’d Duffills
® £20 60
—
—
S V H Garlets N° 2
® 71/3 17
16
3
14 p Ditto 3
75/ 52
10
—
25 p Ditto 4
78/9 98
8
9
16 p Ditto 5
82/6 66
—
—
5 doz Jack knives
12/6 3
2
6
26“ Vermilion
25/ 32
10
—
hundred red Lead
® 90/ I
2
6 331 10 —
2 a Case Cont^
2 p® & 8 Strip’d Duffill Blankets
® £20 50
13
4
I p® White Cotton 96 yds
® 3/9 18
I
io>^ 68 15 2J^
3 a Bale Cent® 5 p Strip’d Duffills
@ £20 100 — —
4 a Ditto Conta
I p» "Wliite Cotton 97 yds @ 3/9 18 3 9
10 p“ Garlets N° 6 @ 86/3 43 2 6
9 p» D° 7 ® 90/ 40 10 — loi 16 3
INVOICE OK GOODS.
67
5 a Bale Cont“
I p» blue broad Cloth N« 8 245^ y‘''
115 13
57 2 io>^
144 18 9
— 6 —
^^■920 2 ii^
Invoice of One Case Merchandize Ship’d i>y the Hon^ie
John Stoddard Esq'’ on board Sloop Weymouth John Conk-
ling Master for New York & goes consigned as the within
viz‘
Xjf S a Case Cont*
N° 8 I p“ White Cotton N° 39 93 y<*» 3/9 178 9
2 p“ finer Ditto N° 25 94
56 99
193yds 4/l^d 39 16
40 Leather handle Cutlasses 6/3 12 10 —
Carting aboard i 3
The Foot of the Invd on the other Side
New Tenor
To an Order from Gov' Shirley to Moses Emerson
Commissary at Albany for 14 barrels Gun Powder
for which I paid the Hon^'e John Osborn Esq'
New Tenor 1147 9 i
Boston June 27^'' 1747
Errors Excepted
John Stoddard
69 16 i}4
920 2 I I
989 19 I
157 10 —
@
20
24 10
—
2 p» Ditto
N« 13 3i>^
14 34K
65^ yds @
22/6
73 19
4K
I p> red Coating
26 y‘‘’ @
13/
17 4
6
30 bars [ ^3" @ llh'M
56 17
io>^
Trucks the Lead aboard
— 5
—
1 2 Chests Cont»
i 34 Small arms
@
50/
85 -
8 Ditto
@
47/6
19 —
—
2 Ditto
@
90/
9 —
—
7 Ditto
@
60
21 —
—
5 Ditto
43/9
10 18
9
Trucking the above
Copy
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WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston July 20. 1747
Sir,
It being represented to me, that there is great Necessity
that a strong Scout should constantly pass between Sarah-
toga & Hoosuck, which may prevent the French & Indians
from making Incursions upon upon the exposed Places on
the West Side of Connecticut River, especially those that ly
most to the Southward, which are a Barrier to the Colony
of Connecticut, I do at the desire of his Majesty’s Council
of this Province desire that your Honour would order a
Party of one hundred Men to be sent from your Govern-
mnt, to be paid & subsisted at their Charge, to scout
between the Fort at Sarahtoga and Massachusetts Fort &
back, for a few Months in the Summer Season, or untill
some Agreemt be made at the proposed Congress upon
these Matter's, and that they may have Provisions & other
things needful for their Refreshment lodged at those Forts ;
and the S<J Scout may sometimes pass between Stockbridge
& Hoosuck, which may also be of good Service. I have
wrote pressingly to Governour Clinton recommending it
also to him to order a Scout from his Province of the same
Number of Men to do the same Duty by scouting between
the two Forts abovemention’d. These two Parties of Men
faithfully employed in this Service may be a sufficient
Security for the Fronteer Towns between Connecticut
River & Hudsons River; And as this Province is so griev-
ously burthened & almost destroyed with the Expence of
the War, & your Colony will hereafter feel all the ill Conse-
quences of the Enemy’s Acquisitions upon us especially on
that Quarter, I doubt not but your Honour will see the
Justice & good Policy of your Governm^® undertaking this
Service, and use your Influence that the thing be effected &
that without delay.
As I can see no reasonable Prospect of Security to the
Western Frontier from the continual Incroachm*® and
Devastations of the Enemy, without effecting the Reduction
of the french Fort at Crown Point, I shall press it upon the
WILLIAM SHIRLKY.
69
Assembly of this Province at their next Meeting the 12‘h of
August in the strongest Terms to join forthwith in the
most vigorous measures for making an effectual Attempt
against it. This ought, nay it must be done at all Events,
cost what it will, in order to drive the Enemy out of our
Borders, to cover the Country against their present &
future Incursions, and (which is a point that most nearly
concerns the Honour, Justice, & more especially the Inter-
ests of the Colonies) to protect & support the Indians of
the six Nations against the Hostilities & Resentm‘ of the
French, w^h they have provok’d by their faithfull Alliance
to us, & taking Part in the War with us, depending in
a particular manner upon our Promises to ’em to dispossess
the Enemy of Crown Point. In the mean while I shall
have it at heart to make all the Preparations for this neces-
sary Enterprize that it is in my power to do before the
Meeting of the Assembly, that this Province may be in
as much readiness as may be, not only to join in it, but to
promote & set it forward, & doubt not but your Honour
will act the same Part in your Government, and concur with
me in all prudent Measures to bring forward this Attempt
in the most speedy & effectual manner.
I am Sir
Your Honour's
Obedient, Humble Serv‘
W SHIRLEY
The hone's Jonathan Law Esq*"
[Indorsed] Gov^ Shirley’s July 24 1747
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston July 24‘h 1747
Sir,
As it appears to me by the latest Advices, I have
received from Albany as well as, from what is contained in
the New York Prints that there is the utmost Danger of a
total Defection of all the six Nations from us to the French
Interest, unless we do speedily & vigoursl}'^ join with them
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in prosecuting an Expedition against the French for dis-
lodging them from Crown Point, as well as from the Fort
they have built much nearer to the English settlements, I
have issued a Proclamation for summoning every member
of the General Court of this Province to Attend the consulta-
tion, that will be had on that affair upon the 12^^ of August
next ; and as the least loss of time will greatly hazard the
success of this Enterprize, if we should engage in it, I must
intreat your Honour to have the Assembly of your Province
sitting at or before that time, & lay before them the Danger
there is of all his majesty’s Northern Colonies being soon
depopulated & Swallowed up by the Enemy; unless we now
join with the Six Nation without Delay in pursuing the
War against the Enemy, and I must pray your Honour to
give me early advices of the measures your Government
shall take in this Affair.
I am. Sir,
Your Honours most Obedient
and most humble Servant.
W. SHIRLEY.
The honbie Jonathan Law Esq^
[Indorsed] Gov*" Shirleys July 26 1747
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford July 28 1747
I acknowledge the favour of yours of the 24*^' Instant
on Lords day 2 of the Clock PM. I forthwith advisd upon
it with the Council near me when it was observd that altho
your Excellency sais it appears to you by Advices from
Albany and N York papers that there is the uttmost danger
of a total Defection of the six Nations unless we speedily
Joyn them to dislodge the fifrench out of their forts &c.
That you do not say what those Advices were nor from
whom and the N Y paper only sais We have advice That
some Dep: of the six Nations &c of which the other N Y
papers are silent, and that without doubt had y® Circum-
JONATHAN LAW.
71
stances required it Gov'' Clinton would not have been silent,
but would have apprizd me of it as he did of the Mutinies
and asked for help. That nothing was oiferd me to press
the Assembly with, and it was feard That Dutch Men here
were of the same Disposition with those in Europe who
have appeard to regard nothing but their own private
Interest till that was threatend and when they shall be
sensible of it here we shall hear from them and could not
therefore think it advisable for me to call an Assembly
without further Information.
I remember the Council at N York were not for an
Expedition against Crown Point on ye like Reasons with our
Assembly (as Gov'' Clinton signifyd to me) and till I under-
stand they are disposd that way, our people will be afraid
least they should be exposd by ill minded persons as the
British forces &c were att Sluys and Hulst some people
there shewing their Resentments (as ’tis reported) att what
has been about and above Albany.
At your Motion our Northern Com'®e have lately sent
up 400 men into your Frontiers where y® people were more
afraid of a famine than the Sword and by y® Advice of your
Gentlemen were suddenly recalld
I should chearfully fall into any Measures with your
Excellency for the Defence of our Countrey or the Anoyance
of our Enemyes on any fair prospect, yet I am not disposed
to act purely on an implicit faith and shall therefore alwayes
expect to be informd of y® grounds of every proceeding
wherein I have Assent and Dissent that I may Act on a
solid foundation and then (according to my Ability) I would
ever keep pace with your Excellency and remain
Your most humble and obedient Servant
JONTH law
P S 29th 10 o Clock A. M.
The N York Prints say Gov^ Clinton is returnd to N Y
I dont find any dark thing from Albany and I have not a
word from him Soldiers are brot from Albany tho its feard
least they should be sent back
J
the Excellent W Shirley Esq^
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov^ Shirley July 28'h 1747
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JONATHAN LAW TO JONATHAN BELCHER.
Milford Angst j^th
These come to congratulate your safe arrival to the
American Shoar cloathd with that Authority by which you
may serve his Majtr and some part of your native land,
Neighbouring Provinces and in '^ticular this Colony, from
whence one half of you did descend and in which you are
greatly interested specially in the hearts of the people whom
you have served with the warmest Zeal and purest Integrity,
tho the greatest Application may sometimes issue in Abor-
tion. Yet not doubting of your good Offices in our favour
wherever your Influences may reach, I conclude with sin-
cere desires That your Situation may be Comfortable,
Prosperous and Successful! to the highest Satisfaction of
your own mind and of the people you have to govern, many
of whom are Descendants from a new-English Stock,
Adventuring to enroll my self among your most hearty well
wishers
I Subscribe
Your most humble
obedient Servant
JONTH law
P S I should be very proud of some Correspondency
with you
J L
his Excellency Jonth Belcher Esq""
Copia
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov'' Belcher Augst 14 1747
JABEZ HAMLIN TO JONATHAN LAW.
Middletown August 20^^ A D 1747
May It please Honr
I have Tho’t it probable y' Hon' might Appoint a
Collector of y® Duty on Lumber &c^ (Agreable to Act of
May Last) at or Near This place; I Beg Leave to Recom-
mend to y' Hon's Consideration for that Service Cap‘
JABEZ HAMLIN. WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
73
Matthew Talcott of This Town who Is a Gentleman well
Affected to the Law & Scheme ye Colony Is Come Into
& who has Turn’d His Trade to Europe; & I Doubt not
will be very Diligent and faithfull in y® Business He will
wait on yf Hon^ Shortly, I ask y Hon^s Pardon for Inter-
medling in This Affair and Beg Leave To Subscribe my
Self
Your Honrs most Obedient
Humble Serv‘
JABEZ HAMLIN
Hon^'e Jon" Law Esqr
[Superscribed To The Hon^ie Jonathan Law Esqr
In Milford
[Indorsed] Majr Hamblin
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston August 20th 1747.
Sir,
I send now to Inform your Honour that on the six-
teenth Instant arrived here a Flag of Truce from Quebec
with 17 1 English Prisoners belonging to this Province and
divers other of His Majestys Colonies in North America,
By which Ship I received a Letter from the Marquiss of
Beauharnois Governour of Canada a Copy whereof I now
inclose by perusing of which you will understand that I
wrote to him a Letter dated the iSt*! of march last therein
proposing a General Exchange of Prisoners without having
a Regard to the inequality of Numbers on either side and
that each Governour should bear the Charge of the Trans-
portation of their own Prisoners, This I undertook (abso-
lutely) only for my Self yet presuming that it would be
acceptable to all the rest of the English Governours ; and in
Consequence of which the said Governour of Canada has
now released all the English Prisoners with him except a
few that were not in such Health as to allow them to be
Transported without Danger & that the said Governour
does fully Agree to my proposal, expecting that the other
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Governours will also come into this Agreement desiring
that I would let him know their Resolutions by the Return
of this Flag of Truce which is limited to the term of fifteen
days for his stay here which will Expire the last of this
month ; Therefore I must intreat your Honour to send me
your answer upon these Points by this Express that I may
forward it to the Governour of Canada agreeable to his
desire expressed to me in his Letter, and as there are now
and maybe hereafter English Prisoners belonging to Great
Britain and others Places at a Distance from these Provinces
brought in by the Flags of Truce, it will be expected that
your Government will bear their part of this Charge so it
may not be wholly thrown upon this, and I must further
desire that you would appoint some agent here who may
from time to time answer for the Charge of the English
Prisoners of your Province that may be Released from
Captivity in Pursuance of this agreement and brought in
hither, and as there are now brought in this Flag of Truce
Three Prisoners that you wou’d pleas’d to take such
measures that in proportion to the Number aforesaid your
Province may bear their part of the Charge of this Flag of
Truce You will also send me your answer respecting the
Governour of Canada’s proposal as to the Purchasing
Prisoners out of the Indians hands, I have likewise Enclos’d
a Copy of the Agreement made for the Hire of this Flag of
Truce which you will find to be 10,000 Livres
I am Sir
Your Honours most Obedient
and most humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
Hon*5ie Jonathan Law Esq^
[Indorsed] Gov^ Shirley’s Letter rec^ August 23 1747 and
Copy of answer on 2 6‘i>
LIST OF PRISONERS RETURNED.
A List of Prisoners belonging to the Colony of Con-
necticutt returned to Boston in the Flag of Truce from
RECORDS OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE MARINE.
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Quebec Angst 1747.
Peter Harris
Eddy Trapp
Hugh Bradford
Extract
Examined J. Willard Secry
RECORDS OF COMPTROLLER OF THE MARINE.
Extract from the Registers Kept at the Office of the
Comptroller of the Marine at Quebec.
This Day being the 26th of July One thousand seven
hundred and forty seven We Gilles Hocquart Chevalier,
Kings Counsellor Intendant of Justice Police & the finances
in New France, in Presence of Mons^ Varin Commissary
and Comptroller of the Marine in this Country have made
with the S'' Amiot Factor for the Sieur Sumbrun Merchant
at Rochelles, Owner of the Ship the Vierge de Grace of the
Burthen of two hundred Tons, the Sieur Larregny Capt° the
Agreement & Conditions following Viz:
first
The Sieur Amiot Obliges himself to furnish the King
with the Ship the Virgin of Grace with her Tackle, Apparel,
Crew of Provisions to Transport as many English Prisoners
as she can from this Road to Boston on the Coast of New
England.
2<i Art:
That his Majesty shall be Obliged to put nothing else
on Board but the necessary Provisions for the said Prisoners
during their Passage.
3<i Art.
If there be at said Boston any french Prisoners, and an
Exchange be made of them, The Cap* of the said Ship shall
take them on board without Difficulty By the permission
and Orders of M*" Shirley Governour of said Boston, to bring
them to Quebec.
4th Art:
The Cap‘ of said Ship shall not be Obliged to tarry
above fifteen Days to make the said Exchange at Boston.
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S‘h Art:
There shall be pay’d in Moneys of his Majesty in form
of Freight to the said Amiot for the Voyage from hence
to Boston, and from said Place to this Port the Sum of ten
thousand Livers.
6‘h Art:
In Case of the entire Loss of said Ship by being cast
away or otherwise, His Majesty over & above the ten
thousand Livers freight, shall be Obliged to cause to be
paid to said Amiot in said Name, the Sum of Eighteen
thousand Livers to make good all Damages.
7*1^ Art:
If from any unforeseen Reasons, said Ship be detained
by force at s<i Boston, so that she cannot return to Quebec
this Year, and have the benefit of a Freight which she may
make, and of which she is Assured, there shall be paid in
Moneys of his Majesty twenty thousand Livers to make
good the Loss of said Freight.
8th Act:
The S*' Amiot shall be obliged to pay 4 Deniers Liv :
for the use of the Invalides of the Marine upon the Pay-
ments made him.
9th & last Article.
All the said Conditions have been accepted by us the
Intendant aforesaid. In Presence as above and by the said
S*" Amiot in said Name, who has Subjected himself there-
unto, as for the Proper Moneys & Affairs of his Majesty,
done at Quebec the Day & Year above.
Sign’d AMIOT HOCQUART
and VARIN
a Copy Varin
Seen Beauharnois
Copy Attest
J Willard Secry
[Indorsed] Extract of ye Registers Office of Marines att
Quebec
MARQUIS DE BEAUHARNOIS.
77
MARQUIS DE BEAUHARNOIS TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Quebec July 26. 1747.
Sir
I receiv’d the Letter you did me the Honour to send
me of May & which was delivered me by the Sieur La
Groix formerly a Prisoner of War at Boston but releas’d by
you.
I must freely confess I expected to have receiv’d at
least in the Spring of the last year an answer from you to
the proposals made by me for the Exchange of the English
Prisoners which I then had at Quebec for as many french
Prisoners as I presum’d you had at Boston, I concluded
afterwards that the Delay this met with from you could
proceed from nothing but the circumstances of the times,
this you are pleas’d to explain to me, and I am sensible S'"
as I ought to be, of all the obliging things you say on this
Occasion, & which regard me personally
The Sieur la Groix by his services & good Qualities
merited some Distinction from me, but I cannot but dis-
approve his having broke his Parole, as you assure me he
had done. He can blame no body but himself that he was
put under a more close confinement, I am not the less
obliged to you for your goodness to him on my account, this
particular he has not failed to inform me of. It is from
you only S'' that I have learnt most of the Facts relating to
the French Prisoners carried into Boston since the War,
and the Returns you made of them either to France or to
Louisbourg before the taking of that Place. I must believe
that upon the Advices you sent of it, our French men have
serv’d to Exchange so many of the English, and that there
is a just compensation made between the two Nations; you
are not at all the less generous for this, and if I had an
opportunity to let you know my sentiments I assure you
you should not have Surpass’d me.
Before the Receipt of your last Letter I had propos’d
to send to France the Prisoners belonging as well to Old as
New England and which are here at my Disposal, as I saw
no means nor could imagine any other way for their
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Return to their own Country & Families, In the mean time
I must observe to you that in the Autumn of the year 1745
I sent to France at their own Request about ten or twelve,
and I had then hopes that the Spring following you would
send to Quebec the Prisoners belonging to Canada, In con-
sequence whereof I wrote to France, that those Prisoners
might be sent to England without Ranson, I sent likewise
the last year about the same number to Martineco to go
from thence to the English Colonies & from thence to their
own homes I understood this Spring that several of them
had in Fact returned to their Families. You will easily
judge from this Detail that it was not owing to me that the
poor unhappy People whom I now send away were Released
no sooner. Particular reasons relating to the Service of the
King my master have not permitted me to allow them dur-
ing their Abode here the Liberty of going abroad in the
Country But in Lieu of this I caus’d particular care to be
taken of them. The House they were put into contained a
great Number of Rooms serving formerly for Soldiers
Lodgings enclosed in a large Yard, where they might give
themselves as much Exercise as they thought proper. This
Building was Consumed by Fire the 7*^ of last may not
without some suspicion of being set on Fire on purpose by
some of the Prisoners. It is certain the circumstances of
that accident gave Reason to conclude that all were not
innocent of the Crime laid to their Charge, the thing was
carried no farther But to avoid for the future the like
inconveniences, & being also invited by the fineness of the
season, I caiis’d a convenient camp to be laid out for them
of a sufficient extent where they have abode since that time
I have to add that the Epidemical sickness which has pre-
vailed among them, & which they brought among us from
Louisbourg & which has likewise made some progress in the
Colony would have made a greater Devastation without the
Succours of all kinds which were abundantly furnished the
Prisoners in the Hospital that I caus’d to be provided on
Purpose, as soon as I was inform’d the sickness began to
spread, nothing was spared that was necessary for the
MARQUIS DE BEAUHARNOIS.
79
health of all of them, happily the sickness appears to have
intirely ceas’d.
You will permit not to discuss the motives you laid
down for the foundation of a cartel to be setled between us
for a general Exchange of Prisoners belonging to your
Government and this I Subscribe to it & come into it with
Pleasure, I speak only of the Prisoners belonging to your
Government not knowing yet whether the Governours of
the other Provinces, to whom you should write forthwith,
will be of the same sentiments with you. In the mean time
as you are pleas’d to observe to me that you do not doubt
but they are so, I design to send you by the same Flag of
Truce the greatest part of the Prisoners belonging to New
York, Pensilvania & others that are here at my Disposal,
& will hereafter take the most convenient measures with
the Governours of those Provinces for the mutual benefit of
both the Nations, I shall send with this Letter a List of the
Prisoners which are to embark as soon as may be on board
the Ship la Vierge de Grace fitted out by my order as a
Flag of Truce, you will have also annexed a Copy of the
agreement made with the Captain for their Passage to
Boston, & they will be delivered to your order, I see S'" you
consent to pay the Expence of this Transport for those only
which belong to your Government, This is just, I likewise
on my part will in the same manner pay for transporting
the French Prisoners from Boston to this place and I sup-
pose you will send me them by the same Flag of Truce if
you have any.
The Governours of other Colonies will not fail of
answering the Letters which you shall write them, I depend
upon it you will be so good as to Favour me with their
answers by the Return of the same Flag of Truce. These
Gentlemen must be the better able to Judge of my good
Intentions as I begin by sending back the Prisoners belong-
ing to their respective Governments, In Confidence however
that upon what you shall have wrote to them they will have
sent you the Canada Prisoners to the Number of 35 or 40
which have been taken in different quarters of the Govern-
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ment of Montreal in the year past by mix’d Partys of
English, Dutch & Indians. Mons*" de la Boularderie has
informed me of all your Goodness to him, and that you
released him without any Conditions, unhappily for this
Officer he had not provided himself with a Certificate from
you to Verify his being free I have the Honour to inform
you by the way that this want of Precaution occasioned
Monsr the Count de maurepas to look upon him as one that
was released upon his Parole of Honour, and whatever
assurances he gave that he was at Liberty to enter into the
Service again he was refused till last Spring when he
Obtained a Permission to Return to this Country where he
is employed as a Capt° in the Kings Troops.
You will observe S'" that in the Agreement made with
the owner of the Ship la Vierge de Grace Art 6 & 7 there
are no more than 15 days allowed him for his Stay at Boston,
I pray you not to detain him a longer time tho there should
remain after that some French Prisoners scattered about in
your Province, who could not be got in by you, otherwise
Capt° Larreguy may be in Danger of not returning to
Quebec this year, where he has a freight engaged & a
Penalty Stipulated of 20 m’l The 16*^ of this month I
receiv’d a Letter from Knowles dated at Annapolis Royal
May 27 O. S. in which he proposes to me to send to him by
a Flag of Truce not only several Soldiers taken Prisoners at
the Island of S‘ Johns but likewise such other Prisoners as
I shall judge proper at the Charge of a Ransom, or else to
settle a mutual Exchange of Prisoners. In Consequence of
this I am fitting out another Flag of Truce to send to him
the said Soldiers & the Crews of some Vessells taken last
year by our Ships, to the Number of 80 Persons.
The Distribution of all these Prisoners in the two Flags
of Truce shall be such S^ as I shall think the most Con-
venient both for you «&: M^ Knowles as well as for the
Prisoners themselves.
I have been informed lately that it has been insinuated
to the People of Boston that the Prisoners have been very
ill treated here I can Assure you that nothing has been
MARQUIS DE BEAUHARNOIS.
8l
wanting that was necessary for them, and there was a
particular Regard had to those who were in any Degree of
Office, But in the Number of both the one and the other
there were several turbulent Spirits that the most kind
treatment could never Content.
I wish it were in my Power intirely to eradicate from
the hearts of the Indians that Barbarity which seems to be
innate to the most of them, and to arrive at this I have,
when they have come to ask my Leave to go to War, given
them as far as I could Officers that were Canadeans, whom
I ordered to Protect the Prisoners against all Kinds of
Insult, I have done more touch’d with the unhappiness of
those who have fallen into the hands of the Indians I have
bought several of them at the Charge of the King, as many
as I could get out of their hands, but I could not Conquer
the Obstinacy of some of them to keep their Prisoners, you
know how greedy they are of having men either to make
them their Slaves or to increase their Families by them into
which they adopt them.
So soon as there is Peace (which all of us ought to
desire) I shant be wanting to facilitate the Negotiations
which shall be entered into to engage the Indians to deliver
them all up. The Knowledge you have of all that Past of
this Nature in the Antient Warrs presents you a Picture very
different from every thing that has happened hitherto in
this. And I depend upon your doing me the Justice of
having at least considerably lessened those Acts of Inhuman-
ity, If I have not been able to abolish them entirely. But I
cannot conceal from you that the Price set in several
Governments of N, England of 5^ upon a Scalp & 20-^ for a
Prisoner, as I have seen it in some English Letters that have
fallen into my hands is an evident Proof that every Body
does not in this affair think in such a Christianlike manner
as you do. And I hope your advice will Prevail to abolish
in those Governments such Dispositions as all Christian
Princes and their Subjects ought as you observe to have in
Obhorence
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It cant appear to me to be just that the King should be
at the Expence of what has been laid out by his majesty, as
well at Quebec as at montreal and elsewhere to recover the
Prisoners that were fallen into the hands of the Indians, I
have not been able yet to Collect all these Charges I will do
it out of hand. Be so good as to let me know your Inten-
tions thereupon, & whether you understand the Governm*
of N England will come into it. I should think it equally
necessary for the good of y® Subjects of both Crowns, It
will be a Service to me to be informed of your Sentiments &
of those of the Governours of the other Provinces upon this
Article, to the End that knowing what I may depend upon,
I may from thence Regulate my own Conduct.
I am with all Possible Respect S''
Your most humble and
most Obed‘ Servant
BEAUHARNOIS
Copy Attest J. Willard Secry
[Indorsed by Law] Copy of Beauharnois’s Letter Gov' of
Canada
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford Augs‘ 26^^ i747
On the 23<i Instant by an Express I rec^ your Paquett.
Yesterday att N Haven I calld the Council and laid before
them the several Articles you proposd and they readily
consented That I should draw an Order on the Treasurer
for money to answer y® Charge of transporting the three
Prisoners belonging to this Colony, so soon as you shall
inform me of the Sum it amounts to in our Currency, tho
they think it might save trouble to discount the money due
to us for the Provisions We have at your desire, furnisht
you with in your Western Frontiers
‘ As also for Reimbursing the Gov' of Canada, in
'^Yansoming any Prisoners belonging to us which may fall
‘ into the hands of the Indians or that now are in Captivity
with them, tho we know not of any one person that is so
JONATHAN LAW. ELIAKIM PALMER.
83
Likewise they chearfully complyd with the Marquis in
the Article relating to the releasing Prisoners without Ran-
some or Regard to number of persons and each ones bearing
y« charge of their own people’s Transportation.
But as to our bearing any part of the Charge of trans-
porting any belonging to the other Countreys or places and
appointing an Agent att Boston, they would referr to the
Consideration of the Assembly those two Articles not being
delegated to me & the Council by y® Act of the Assembly
As for the giving Premiums for humane Scalps or any
other Creatures not equally mischievous to a Wolf I must
look upon to be unchristian, inhumane and barbarous with
as great an Odium and Abhorrence as the good Marquis or
any other Gentleman dos or can doe
I Subscribe Your Excellencies
most humble obedient Servant
JONTH law
W Shirley Esq*" Gov""
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.*
London 26th Augt 1747
Sir
Since the foregoing Copy of my Last I am favoured
with your Honrs Letter of the 20‘h Feby accompanying an
Address to his Majesty upon the Success of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cumberland against the Scotch Rebels
which agreeable to your Honr® directions have Delivered to
his Grace the Duke of Newcastle. I have also received the
Assembly’s order for receiving a Reimbursement of the
Charges you were at in the Reduction of Cape Breton, and
observe your having sent to my Correspondents at Boston
^^250 granted me in May last. I am in daily expectation of
a Summons to attend the Lords of the Treasury in pursu-
ance to the order of Council which impowers them to
Liquidate the Acco‘® of Disbursements in the Expedition
This is preceeded by a copy of his letter to Law dated June 4.
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against Cape Breton, and shall timely advise your Honr of
their Lordships proceedings thereupon
Meeting with great Difficulty in my Applications to the
Ministry in behalf of the Forces raised for the Canada Ex-
pedition I have presented a petition to his Majesty there-
upon a Copy of which you have inclosed, and shall from
time to Time acquaint you with the Steps that are taken
in Consequence thereof
In the mean time I remain S^
Your Honrs & the Colony’s Most
Obed‘ Humble Servant
ELIAKM PALMER
ROGER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford Sept*" 1747
Sir
After I was Informed That the Commissioners, from
the Massachusetts, were on their Journey to New York, to
meet with Commiss^s from the other Governm*® to Treat
about Measures for Carrying on the present Warr, it lay on
my mind with Some concern least the Commissioners,
appointed by the General Assembly in this Colony would
meet with blame if they did not upon notice of it proceed on
the Same Design agreable to their appointment, & at
length it appeared That the matter did very much affect the
minds of most persons of Consequence this way, & many
of them Signifyed to me in writing, their Ernest desires
that the Commiss*'® would as Soon as possible proceed on
their way to New York; Upon This I advised with all the
Gentlemen of the Councell in Town, (There being Seven
present) about the affair, and it was the prevailing opinion
That The Commss*'® or Two of them at least Should go
forward & Joyn the other Commiss*'® at N York & that a
neglect Thereof might probably be Detrimental! to the
Publick Interest & occasion matter of very great Uneasiness
among the people, & that I Should advise Your Honour
hereof & That a proper Commiss” (if Your Horn please) be
ROGER WOLCOTT. JONATHAN LAW.
85
prepared for the purpose afors'i. I find The act of assembly
does Enable any two of the Commiss*’** to Engage in the
affair, & Therefore the Journey being long & So Suddenly
to be undertaken and the business I am now Engaged in
requiring my attendance am not able to Say whether I Shall
go my Self hope Col. Hall will proceed with Fitch if I
Should not. I hope Your Honour will Excuse this Trouble
and believe that I am Your Most Obed‘
Humble Ser‘
R WOLCOTT
Gov'' Law.
[Indorsed] D Gov*' Wolcotts rec'i Sept'^'' 5-1747
JONATHAN LAW TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Milford Septem^r ye ^th
vS'-
Yours of yesterday I just now Receiv^ by an Express M^
Wells told me that you Said you had forgott y® meeting
propos’d for ye Comfs I Said I had not forgotten it but Con-
eluded it was droppd by the Scheems Sinee projected as it
was the Last year Cover'' Shirley never giveing me the Least
hint y''of, Since his proposal in July last tho I had reciv^
divers Letters from him about different measures. I Said
to him I would immediately Send to our Com^s Could I
learn any prospect of a meeting of y® Comrs from other
Provinces, he told me y‘ Col> Wendall(?) said N. York had
appointed Comrs he said he had been inform^ that Presi-
dent Hamblington Said he would lay it before yf Assembly
and (think) he told me of another Viz: of Pensilvania. I
said if other Com''s Should not Come it would be lost labour,
to which he Replyd, those whieh did meet would Complain
to his Majesty & Parliment to Send a vice Roy to Compel
them I told him that was not in the proposal neither would
our people be willing to come under ye Gov' of a viee Roy
however I desired he would give me notice of any prospect
of ye Coming of ye Corn's and I would Immediately Send to
ours and desird he would Inform Coll Fitch that I would
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Speak with him Concluded he would meet him on ye Road
The Colh Did Come on his Information and Said mr
Wells would Send me word by y® Com“ Post or by an Express
if any likelyhood Should appear of a meeting, and advis^
I Should defer it till further Inform^ and with y® Comon
Post Came a gentlemen from Merryland who Inform*! me
none were Coming from thence neither Could he Learn that
any thing was doing of that kind in any of y® Gov‘® in his
way nor Even at N York tho he thought Such a meeting
might do well, and y® Last night m^ Sessions told me he
came yesterday from N. York and y® Massechusetts Cornr®
were there and y‘ y® Gentlemen of y® Town paid y^ Com-
plemts to them and Enquird the occasion of y*' Coming &c :
but had no authority to treet with them & as he understood
the matter no Coma's were appointed there. As Soon as I
Shall Receive y® Least hint from m^ Wells y‘ there is any
Prospect of a meeting to any purpose Except the praying
for a Vice Roy I will immediately Send to our Com^s or if
they think it for y® Publick advantage to proceed under
y® Circumstances I have related I will not hinder you
I Subscribe
Your humble obedient Servant
JONTH law
[ ]ble Roger Wolcott Esq^
[Indorsed] Copy of Letter to Roger Wolcott Esq"" D
Govr SepV*' 5 1747
THOMAS HILL TO JONATHAN LAW.
Fairfield Sep*" 1747
Most Honoured
I see by y® act of y® Genii Assembly in may Last Re-
specting Goods &c brought into this Colony from any of y®
Neighbouring Governments are to pay a Duty of five p^
Cent, & Seven & half p^ Cent for Goods Imported &c and
that your Honour Is fully Impowered to appoint and
authorize Collectors for that purpose, and if your Honour
has not appointed any Collector or Collectors for this County
THOMAS HILL. JOHN READ.
87
I Should Eslem it as a favour if yC Honour would be so
Good as to appoint & Impower me To be one of Collectors
in this County for y<= Said purpose, I believe I am at present
under as Good advantages to Collect y® Dutys as any person
in ye County by Reason all vessells y‘ Goe & Come from
Newyork are obliged to Enter & Clear with me, and there-
fore I Shall ye Easeyer be able to find out what Goods are
brought into ye Colony, & what Lumber is Carried out I
sopose ye profit will not be Great but as I Enter & Clear
vessells I think I Can Collect ye Dutys with more Ease than
any person Else here Can Doe it, & more Likly to find ye
Goods Imported &c
Honoured S^ Yo^ Grant of my Request will very much
oblige yor Hon^s most obedient Hum'® Serv‘ To Com<i
THO HILL
[Superscribed] Post paid 2 To The Honourable Jon"^” Law
Esqr at Milford These
[Indorsed] Cap‘ Hill 16 1747
JOHN READ TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Boston 21 SepP 1747
Not long Since I wrote Col. Allen A vSalutation, In-
cluding a letter directed to Col. Allen Junq meaning the
Col. Eldest Son Supposing him to be the fellow chainman
with Mr Rust of Northampton at the Survey of my 10,000
Acres of Equivalent lands made by Col. Allen Gen' Woolcot
& Majr Pomroy at Swift river in April 1716. And desiring
him to procure the Same Compass & Chain by which that
first Survey was made. Advise me of the day he would meet
me there to resurvey it a month before hand ; that I might
get the Same Mr Rust & Cap' William Chandler of Thomp-
son Parish to Join with him in that Survey. I Inclosed
with these letters a Copy of my Original Survey, & a Survey
lately made thereof by Col. Tim° Dwight & his brother
Nath' with my Observations thereon. I have had no
Answer nor can learn whether they ever came to hand
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which gives me Some Concern, Considering they Seem to
be all dead & I can have no Intelligence nor letters from
your parts.
I beg the favour of you to see Col. Allen, know if he
rec*i my letters, that Sons name, if I can have that Compass
& Chain, if the Col. hath any minutes of that Survey, what
allowance he usually made & then made in that Survey;
(which I Suppose was one rod in twenty as the difference
between rough measure in the rough woods & plain Just
measure). Know what will be agreeable Satisfaction by
the day to that Son of y® Col’® who was the former Chain-
man to bring tliat Compass & Chain & his fathers Instruc-
tions to meet me with those other men I intended. And
assist them to run my lines Exactly upon his Oath as near
as possible to the Original Survey ; or if any other of the
Col. Sons useth his Compass & may therefore be Supposed
with his fathers & brothers instructions to do it better let
him be the man. Cap* William Chandler is a most noted
surveyor among us, I will have him & his instruments also,
both Instruments shall be used to observe their difference,
but the Cob® shall be followed & all shall be put in the best
trim & good Order, I would have the Same Chainmen Carry
the Chain as did before, the more Certainly to find the
ancient bound marks if possible or come the Nearest to the
places where they were. & my reasons are several, one viz
that the Dwights made one line 86j4 rod long m my
presence as(?) the way up Swift river hill with Several Steep
& long descents besides logs & rocks in the way, the chain-
men putting their hands to the ground at the putting down
& taking up of every rod, that was their measure, & W“
Blogget of Brimfield before that had measured that line &
told me it was but 8o rod. Now let Allen Set me his
day with time enough to provide the other two & I will
meet him. pray do me this kindness & Command me all
my life after
Yr humble Serv‘
JNO READ
[Superscribed] To the Honourable Major Gen^ Roger
WooLCOT Esqr Deputy Governour of Connecticut
[Indorsed] Read 1747
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS.
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS.
At a meeting of the Commissioners of the Several
Governments of the Massachusets Bay Newyork and
Connecticut, at the City of New York, in order to concert
and Agree upon some general Measures for carrying on the
war against the common Enemy and for the Mutual defence
and Security of his Majestys British Provinces and Colonys
on ye Continent in North America, it is Judged after Mature
consideration had of the present distressing circumstances
of these three Colonys and thereupon the said Commission-
ers agree to Report to their Respective Constituants that
they Unanimously are of opinion —
1 That an Expedition be formed and carryed on
against y® French Fort at Crown Point for the Reduction of
that Fortress.
2 That it will be necessary that four thousand men
(officers included) be raised (with as many-of y® Six Nations
of Indians and their allies as can be Obtained) to carry on
the Said Expedition, and that it will be Necessary those
troops be at Albany by the fifteenth of April Next Ready
to March for the aforesaid purpose.
3 That as the Engaging the six Nations and their
Allies in this and other Services against the Common Enemy,
IS of great importance to the British Governments, it is
Judged Necessary that such of y® Indians as shall Engage
in the said Expedition and go into the Service be Equipt
Each with necessarys to y® value of five pounds New York
currancy, and be assured of a present of y® like value on
their Return in case of Success.
4 That as a further means of Securing and Engaging
the said Indians in the Service of the English and to prevent
their being Seduced to Revolt to y® French, it is agreed that
it be proposed to Each of y® said Governments that a Gun-
smith be Sent to Each of y® Tribes following viz: the
Oniades, Onandagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and two men
with Each Gunsmith to continue with them untill the Next
Spring and that y® said persons be instructed to be as
oblidging as may be to y® Indians with whom they live and
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converse and do all in their power to Establish and increase
ye interest of ye English with them and from time to time
Advise ye Governments of any thing they Shall observe
Necessary or that ye Indians may want or desire to be done
for yt purpose and that there be purchased Sutable goods to
ye value of three hundred and Sixty pounds Newyork cur-
rancy to be put into the hands of said Smiths (or of one of
ye men who go with them Respectively) to be given to the
Several Nations aforesaid (Except Sixty pounds thereof to
be put into the hands of Some Sutable person for the
Mohawks) to be Distributed as follows viz. one hundred
and twenty pounds to the Senecas, Sixty pounds to the
Oniades & Tuscarora’s, Sixty pounds to the Cayuga’s, and
Sixty pounds to y® Onandaga’s and that y® Several persons
Render an account upon Oath of y® Disposition of y® Said
goods to y® Respective Governments and that y® Charges of
y® Said Smiths and others attending them as also y® Said
three hundred and Sixty pounds be born and paid in the
proportion following viz. the Massachusets Pay Nine
twentyeth parts. New York Eight twentyeths and Connecti-
cut three twentyeths, but these proportions not to be drawn
into precedent upon any other occasion hereafter.
5 That (besides what Governour Clinton has Assured
the Commissioners Shall be Supplyed gratis of y® battoes
cannon and warlike Stores and implements in the Province
of Newyork provided at his Majestys Expence) the
General and common Expence Necessary for Engaging
and Rewarding the Indians paying the officers of y® Train
of artiliry and for y® Common Store of Shot gun powder
and other Military preparations Necessary for y® common
Service be provided by and at the Charge of y® Govern-
ments Engaging in this Service and that the proportions
and Quota’s of the Governments for these Services as well
as y® keeping and Supporting the Garrison (if Reduced)
until his Majesty’s pleasure be known be as above men-
tioned & that whatsoever part or proportion either of men
or money any other Governments Shall undertake to bear
and furnish Shall lessen the parts of these three Govern-
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ments according to the aforesaid proportion and that y®
Legislatures of Each Government Engaging in this Enter-
prize Raise Equip provide for Subsist and pay their own
troops as also appoint Coinmissarys to take care of their
own Stores. Saving that the Government of Newyork be
not oblidged to raise above twelve hundred men the Massa-
chusets Commissioners agreeing to propose to their Con-
stituants to Raise four hundred men to compleat y®
proportion of Newyork the ofificers to be Commissioned by
y® Governour of y® Said Government undertaking to provide
the Same and both officers and Souldiers of Said four
hundred men to Receive y® Same bounty wages Subsistance
and Every other thing from y® Government of Newyork
which Shall be given or paid by Said Government of
Newyork to a like proportion of the twelve hundred men
they Shall raise for said Expedition.
6. That the Governours of y® Massachusets bay
Newyork and Connecticut be desired to appoint and
Commission the three General Officers for the Said Expedi-
tion.
7. That Each Government appoint a Committee of
one or more persons to Meet at Middletown in Connecticut
on the Eleventh day of December Next or as Soon after as
may be in order to Determine and ascertain the particulars
Necessary to be provided at y® Common Charge of y®
Governments and also to agree what particular Sorts or
Species of y® Said particulars Each Government Shall
undertake to provide having Regard to Said proportion.
8 That y® Commissioners here present having made
Report to their Respective Constituants of what measures
are hereby agreed upon the Governours of y® Massachusets
bay Newyork and Connecticut be Desired by y® Respective
Assemblys of these Governments to apply to y® Govern-
ours of the Several other Provinces and Colonys from
Virginia to New Hampshire inclusive to recommend it to
their Several assemblys fully to Joyn according and in
proportion to their ability in this common undertaking
against his Majestys Enemys and to unite with these
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Governments in the Mutual Defence and Security of his
Majestys Colonys on the Continent in North America; and
particularly Desiring them to Send their committee to Meet
at Middletown afores'^ to Engage in this undertaking and
to agree upon what part they Respectively will provide of
Men Money and Common Stores necessary for the Engag-
ing and Encouraging the Indians and for ye Carrying on ye
Said Expedition also Requesting as Speedy an Answer as
may be to ye Governours of these Governments Respectively
of what their Several Governments will undertake in this
important Enterprize.
9 That in the mean time while ye preparations are
making for ye proposed Expedition application be made to
his Majesty by ye Legislatures of Each of these Govern-
ments for Such a Naval force as may be sufficient to go up
ye River Saint Lawrance and either divert or Subdue that
part of ye Country and in case of an assurance of a Sufficiency
to command the river and attack y® fortresses there and that
it be his Majestys pleasure the Expedition be carryed on
against Canada that then y® preparations and Necessarys
designed more immediately for an Expedition against
Crown Point be imployed and carryed on against Canada
for the Reduction of the same with Such additional force as
can be raised ; and in that case that application at y® Same
time be made as aforesaid that y® Quotas of the Several
Governments be Setled and that those who are deficient be
injoined to furnish the Same.
10 That in case the other Governments who have not
Sent their Commissioners to this meeting to Concert
measures for y® common good of his Majestys Subjects Shall
after application made to them as before proposed and
Notice of these conclusions and approbation thereof by
these Governments Shall neglect or refuse to Joyn them in
these important affairs for y® mutual defence and Security
of his Majestys Subjects and interest that then application
be made as aforesaid for y® Royal injunctions to be laid on
y® several deficient Governments to furnish and provide
their proportion and Quotas of Men & Money necessary for
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ye future general defence and Security of his Majestys
Colonys and for ye Carrying on any proper Scheein for ye
Annoyance of ye common Enemy.
1 1 That in case the proposed Expedition against
Crown Point only go forward and no Ships of war are Sent
by his Majesty to go up the River S‘ Lawrance for ye
purpose aforesaid then a Diversion be made up said River
with what vessels can be obtained from the several Govern-
ments at ye charge of y® said Governments and in conjunc-
tion with such of his Majestys Ships of war as can be
procured at Lewisburgh or elsewhere and that a diversion by
land be made by the direction and under the conduct of y®
general officers by such of ye forces of Christians and
Indians as Shall by said officers on proper encouragement
be Sent out for yt purpose.
12 That the vessels goods Stores and other things sent
or that shall go thro any part of the Government of New-
york for the forces imployed in the aforementioned and
proposed Service or in garrisoning the said Fortress be free
and exempt from all toll tribute custom and duty that is or
might be imposed on Such Materials by virtue of any act
of ye Government of Newyork.
13 That if it Shall happen that the proposed Expedi-
tions Shall neither of them be carryed on the Next year or
if by reason of any other Events it shall be found Necessary
for the defence of his Majestys Subjects and annoying the
Enemy to Send out and Maintain Scouts or Rangers that
then the Governments of y® Massachusets bay Newyork and
Connecticut send out on proper encouragement such a num-
ber of men respectively as they Shall J udge a proportion for
them in order to defend the borders of the Exposed Settle-
ments and to annoy and distress the French and Enemy
Indians in their Settlements, and in this Service to Joyn with
such of ye Six Nations of Indians and their allies as will go
on that design, and that ) ® other Governments of New Jersey
Pensilvania Mary Land Virginia New Hampshire and Rhoad
Island be applyed to, to furnish provide and bear their
proportion in men Money or other Necessarys for the
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encouragement and Support of Such Scouts or Rangers and
that Each Government providing and sending out such
Scouts or Rangers Receive the benefit of such money or
other necessarys as Shall be afforded by the other Govern-
ments not sending men, in proportion to the number of men
they shall Respectively imploy in said Service.
14 That in case any attack or invasion Shall be made
by the Enemy on any one or more of his Majestys Govern-
ments and application be made to any other Government
for assistance that y® Same be Speedily afforded according
to the necessity and Circumstances of the case ; the Sub-
sistance only being provided by and at the Charge of the
Government Requesting and receiving Such Succors. And
if either of the Governments receive any intelligence of an
Enemy approaching either by Sea or Land who may
indanger any one or more of the other Governments that
they give them the earliest Notice possible thereof by
Express.
15 That the Legislatures of these three Colonys be
Desired to Determine upon this agreement with all the
dispatch possible and when done that each Government do
signify the same to the others as soon as may be.
16 The Large numbers of men and great charges con-
sequent thereupon as above have been come into by the
Commissioners, by reason of the Distressing Circumstances
of these Governments, Notwithstanding the full perswa-
sion of the Commissioners that these burdens must be
beyond the ability of said Governments if continued, they
being almost constantly harrassed by invasions or incursions
in their borders from the French and their Indians for Near
five hundred miles an End and many of their Settlements
already broken up and destroyed and divers others in the
most imminent danger the case being Such that if these
Governments do not lay these heavy burdens on themselves
(under which, if they are not relieved, they must Sink)
they must be much Sooner destroyed by their inhuman
Enemys abovesaid who are exceedingly Supported Spirited
and advantaged by the abovesaid Crown Point Fort. The
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Commissioners being Sensible that it is as truly unreasona-
ble and Destructive to these Governments to Supply all the
men and Money Necessary to defend his Majestys vSubjects
and interest in North america as it would be for a Small
part of ys Nation to be at y^ Kxpence of Defending the
whole There being diverse more wealthy and populous Gov-
ernments than we are who have been and are defended by
us and therefore in all reason ought to bear their propor-
tion of the common defence both with men and Money.
17 The above articles we agree to recommend to and
in all proper ways to Endeavour they may be ratifyed by the
Governments to which we respectively belong none of
which Shall be obligatory on any of the three Governments
but Such as Shall be ratifyed by all. In Testimony whereof
we have Signed triplicates of these presents at y® City of
Newyork this twenty Eighth day of September in the
twenty first year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord
George the Second of great Britain France and Ireland
King &c, Annoque Domini, one thousand Seven hundred
and fourty Seven
SAMUELL WELLES j
ROBT'^ HALE v Massachusetts Com^s
OLR PARTRIDGE )
PH. LIVINGSTON
JOS: MURRAY
W: NICOLL
PHILIP VERPLANCK |
HEN CRUGER J
THOS FITCH I
BENJN hall f
New York Comisrs
Connecticut
Commissioners*
In y® Lower house
The foregoing Report read Approved
& Accepted
Test Jn® Fowler Clerk
Gen>* Assembly OcV 1747
* A copy of this report, without the Assembly’s action upon it, is in Law
Papers I, 387.
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In the upper House
The aforegoing Report of the Commis-
sioners being read, the same is accepted
and approved
Test George Wyllys Secretv
[Indorsed] Commissrs Report Ocf 1747 p: 1; h
p: u: h 26 pm of Mass‘s New York and Conn‘
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston October 21. 1747
Sir,
At the request of the General Assembly of this
Province, I must desire your Honour to assist us in the
Defence of our Western Frontiers, by ordering fifty Men
to be drawn out of the Militia of your Colony, or otherwise
as you shall judge fit, to be posted at the Towns of Deer-
field & Northfield for their Security; As your Governm^
has always manifested a Readiness to help us in the Defence
of that Frontier, which is a Barrier to Connecticut, I can
make no doubt of your readiness to assist us in this Matter.
I also desire that if you shall send the fifty Men for this
Service, that you would direct the Commanding Officer to
take his Orders from Col° Stoddard.
I am Sir,
Your Honours most humble
and most obedient Servant
W SHIRLEY
The hont>i® Jonathan Law Esqr
JOHN STODDARD TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
N'T” Hampton Oct*’’^ 26-1747
I Rec'^'J a Letter from Gov"'' Shirley to Gov"*" Law
which I am directed to send to you by Express Our Gov"‘
proposeth the sending of fifty men from Connec^t for the
Defence of Deerf><J and Nt^field and Orders me to write
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to your Hon'' about it. I can only say that I look on tho.se
two Towns more Exposed to be Attacked by the Enemy
than all the Towns in New England, (Especially in the
Winter Season) and our Government (as I apprehend) do
unreasonably neglect them, and our Assembly have Ordered
no men there, but do depend on Connects sending fifty men
thither, which I can’t think a number Sufficient. Our
Prisoners returned from Canada Inform us that there was a
large Army from Canada designed against one of tho.se
places at the time when the Smoaks were Seen, and that
they came very near, but their Scouts Informed them that
those parts were full of men which discouraged them so
that they returned without attempting any thing, and I
may ad that Connect has not been much burthened of late
with the Charge of Defending the frontiers, and I can’t but
think you will readily comply with such a proposal, which
may be a great Encouragement to the People in Case the
men are put under good Officers, and be not drawn off
before their places are Supplyed. which may make the
Remedy worse than the Disease.
Our Assembly have Ordered 30 men to fort Massachu-
setts, 30 to N° 4, 15 to each of the other Block Houses and
some to Several other places which in the whole amount to
one Hundred and fourty one, besides between 3 and 400
men in the Eastern Country.
on fryday was Sev’ night Capt‘ Allexander with 15 men
was coming from Aschuelot, and on the borders of Winches-
ter, he (being a little before the rest) met a french man
who he Shot in his brest, they led him a few rods in which
he fell down divers times at length they left him dying as
they and he supposed, his Indians came soon after and
carryd him to a small distance and left him, but he recruited
and Saturday last he came into Northfield, and 'tis thought
probable that he may recover, on Wednesday last John
Smeed (lately come out of Captivity) was killed by Millers
River, and on Thursday Jonathan Sartle having Crossed the
River from M'' Hinsdals fort, was (as is Supposed) taken
by thirty or fourty of the Enemy who burnt Capt Bridg-
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mans House and Barn at Cold Spring, which had for some
time been Deserted.
I am your Honrs most Humble Obedient Servant
JOHN STODDARD
Gov”r Wolcott
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
New Haven Octobr 28^^ 1747
On the Motion of ye Inhabitants of y® Towns of Wood-
stock Suffield Enfield and Summers Made to our Assembly
the inclosed Resolve* was come into which as I am therein
Desired I herewith transmit the Same to you, and must
accordingly Desire your Excellency to Lay the Same before
your Assembly for their Consideration that Justice may be
Done in that the Matters of Complaint contained in their
Motion to this Government and hope those affairs may be
Setled in y® best and most amicable manner, I am S^ with
great Respect your Excellencys most obedient Humble
Servant.
J. L.
His Excellency William Shirley Esqr
Copy
[Indorsed by Law] Copy of a Letter to Gov Shirley Oct^r
28 1747
* The Resolve stated that these towns were within the limits of Connecti-
cut, but by an agreement made in 1713 without their consent between boundary
commissioners of the two colonies, they were placed under the jurisdiction
of Massachusetts, and that their inhabitants now desired to come under the
jurisdiction of Connecticut. Upon which Connecticut had appointed commis-
sioners, and desired that Massachusetts do the same, “to hear the inhabitants
of the said towns or plantations on the matter of their complaint, and report
to the respective governments what they shall apprehend right to be done,
that so this affair may be amicably settled, and justice may therein be done
to his Majesties subjects.”
Wn.I.IAM SIIIRI.KV.
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WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston October 29'^ 1747
Sir,
Mr Knowles and I have receiv’d your Honour’s Letter
dated the 24“' Instant, and as a very great Expence to the
Crown is running on whilst the accounts of the Forces
rais’d for the Expedition against Canada are preparing and
adjusting we think it our indispensable duty to send every
Governour concerned the inclos’d Discharge of ’em to be
Published among the Levies in such manner as they shall
think proper.
You will perceive by the Extract of the Duke of new-
castles Letter which we inclos’d in our last that it is his
majestys Pleasure the Levies should be Discharged in the
most frugal manner, so that it is doubtless his Expectation
that all such of them, as have not march’d out of the
province or Colony where they were rais’d, shou’d be paid
off at the Rate of the Ordinary Establishment for all his
majesty’s Regiments of Foot Viz* the private men at the
rate of 6<i Sterling ^ day, out of which a Stoppage must be
made of 4'^ for their Provisions, so that there will remain to
be paid in money to them, only 2<i Sterling ^ day; the
Corporals after the Rate of 8<i day, out of which a Stop-
page of 4<i for their Provisions, so that 4*^ Sterling ^ Day
will remain to be paid in money to them ; the Sergeants
after the Rate of i® Sterling day, out of which a stoppage
must be made of 4<i for their Provisions, so that there will
remain 8^ Sterling ^ day to be paid to them; and this is
agreeable to the Terms of their Enlistm* in which no more
is promised than the usual pay of his majestys Troops Viz‘
Sterling ^ day for a private man, 8^ for a Corporal and
i2<i for a Sergeant; out of which they find themselves with
Provisions, and where Provisions are found for them, as in
the Case of Lieu^ General Phillips’s Regiment posted in
Nova Scotia and New foundland a Stoppage of 4^ Sterling
^ day is made out of their Pay for it: And in this case it
makes no difference with respect to the Soldiers, that
Provisions have been generally found for ’em at the Charge
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of the Colonies, where they were rais’d and not the Crown’s ;
For that was not given them as the Bounty of the several
Colonies, but was required by his majesty from those
Colonies to be done in ease of the National Expence, and as
what was their reasonable part of the Charges to be incurr’d
by the late intended Expediti'on, set on foot chiefly for the
immediate Benefit of the several Colonies concern’d in it:
and considering these Troops have not march’d out of their
respective Colonies, they have no Pretence to expect more
than what was promis’d ’em by the Terms of their Inlist-
ment and ought to be Satisfied with that.
As to the method of Paying off the men, when they are
discharged it Appears to M*" Knowles and me that there are
but two ways of doing it, either by procuring money or
Credit from the respective Assemblies, which we are Com-
manded by his majesty to recommend, or else by borrowing
money of the merchants upon Publick Bills payable when
the Parliament shall make Provision for defreying the
charges incurr’d on Acco‘ of these Levies, which Bills
Knowles & I think should be sold for the highest Exchange,
that can be got for the benefit of the men, but not at a
lower rate than 700 ^ Cent advance in Bills of the old
tenor, or 8oo_;^ of that Currency for 100 Sterle; and if both
these methods should fail then we can’t see what more can
possibly be done than to give the men Certificates of what
is due to ’em at the time of their being Discharg’d with a
promise of Paying ’em as soon as possible: but we hope
there will be no necessity of having Recourse to this
Expedient.
Mr Knowles being very much engaged in the business
of his Squadron which detains him great part of his time at
Nantasket has desired me to take upon my self the setting
of the Terms for paying the men off ; and as he is under
Orders from the Lords of Admiralty to repair to Jamaica to
take upon him the Command of his majestys Ships there
and designs to Sail in about a Fortnight, we shall be glad
to proceed as far as possible in the Execution of his
majestys Orders Committed to our joint care, before he
WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
I OI
goes and besides, if the Accounts are not transmitted home
in time to be lay’d before Parliament this Session it may
Occasion a Delay in raising the money for paying the
Charges.
As to the returning of the Arms you have in your last
Letter declared yourself to be of the same Opinion with M’"
Knowles & my self, so I need say nothing more of that;
And as to the Commission Officers Knowles & I think
they should have the full sterling pay which the Officers of
His Majestys other Troops of their respective Ranks
receive. Subject to the same Deductions with theirs.
The before written is a Copy of the Circular Letter
which I have Sent to the Several other Governours con-
cerned, which I thought it might be of Service to Com-
municate to your Honour; But I must now Acquaint you
that with regard to the Soldiers & officers rais’d within your
Colony M*' Knowles and I think your Government’s
dismissing ’em to their respective Homes till farther Orders
sometime in the last Fall or beginning of Winter and
their continuing so dismiss’d till this time, makes the Case
of those Levies appear so different from that of the others,
that we are at a Loss how to determine concerning ’em, &
therefore desire you would be pleas’d to do it yourself ; for
we must decline it: But the Officers may depend, at least
upon my Representation of their Case in the most Adven-
tageous Light for them ; which I believe Knowles will
Join with me in: and I hope they will not be distinguish’d
from other Officers as to their Payor other Advantages :
for I am Sensible they were ready & desirous to Engage in
every part of His Majesty’s Service, if they had had an
Opportunity for doing it: And I shall also be very glad if
there is no difference made in the pay of the Men from
what the Soldiers of the other Provinces receive, I mean
particularly as to the time to which they will be paid; For
there can be no possible Doubt of their Pay before the time
of their Dismission.
I must Own I think when the three other Governments
of New England in the last year, Sent part of the Kings
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Troops rais’d within their respective Colonies for the Suc-
cour of His Majesty’s Province of Nova Scotia and to drive
the Enemy out of it; which would probably have been
Effected, had your Honour thought fit to have sent a pro-
portion of the Troops rais’d within your Government to
have join’d the others I say, I think your denying to do it,
& instead of it dismissing the whole Body of the Connecti-
cut Levies is a very considerable Circumstance; And the
Letter I received from you upon Occasion of the Surprize
of the Massachusetts Levies by the Enemy at Menis, I cant
help saying was so extraordinary an one in every respect,
that I was at a loss to find a proper Answer to it, which was
the reason I have been hitherto Silent about it ; I shall only
now say that had two hundred of the Kings Troops from
your Government been at Menis that Misfortune would not
have happen’d to the Massachusetts Forces; But as it was it
is well known that their going thither drove the Enemy
from Annapolis and afterwards from Menis & Confin’d ’em
ever after to Schiegnecto & finally Occasion’d M^ de Ram-
say’s quitting the Province, and in Mi' Mascarene’s Opinion
was probably the preservation of Accadie.
But tho I mention this Circumstance to you in this
Letter, I have not the least Thoughts of doing it in any
publick one, to the prejudice of the Officers or Levies of
your Government, who I dare say would have most willingly
gone upon that Duty if they had been permitted.
I am Sir,
Your Honours most Obedient
Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
[Indorsed by Law] Gov^ Shirleys rec^ Nov*ir i 1747
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford Nov^ir 2^ 1747
Yours of the 2i»t of the last month I receiv’d and
according to your Desire, fifty men are ordered to be raisd
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and sent to garrison att Dearfield and Northfield. The
Assembly also have accepted, approv’d and ratifyd the
Agreement of the Comrs att New York so farr as it relates
to this Gov‘ Provided the Legislatures of the Massachusetts
and New York do accept, approve and ratify the same, and
Comrs are appointed to meet Com*'® att Middleton in case
others are sent according to the afores^ Agreement.
On Wednessday last I receiv‘d your Excellencies above
mentioned, and on the same day I rec<i a Letter from Gov^
Clinton and admired That neither of them mention’d one
word of the Assemblie’s Approbation of the s'^ Agreement,
since one Article in it, was. That Notice thereof should be
speedily given by each Gov'' to the other.
I have also since rec<i a Letter from our Agent of the
26'!' of August, with a Copy of a Petition to his Maj‘y for
money to pay the Canada Regiment, for the Officers
Com"* and that the Regiment might be putt on a certain
Establishment for the future &c, in which Letter he sais,
he shall from time to time acquaint me with the Stepps
that are taken in Consequence thereof.
And indeed it is to me mysterious That when he had
presented such a Petition, he should not learn (after so
long a time as the 30^^ of May) That proper orders had
been taken about that Affair
I am with great Respect
Your Excellencies
most obedient humble Servant
JONTH law
[ ] Govr Shirley
[Indorsed] A Letter to Gov Shirley Nov'^'" 2 1747
JONATHAN LAW TO ELIAKIM PALMER.
Milford Nov^”' 2o‘>' 1747
I was favourd with yours since our Assembly adjournd
during the Session whereof I receivd a letter from y*" Ex-
cellencies Gov^ Shirley and Knowls w‘i> Extracts of a Letter
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from the Duke of New Castle to Mr Shirley Copies whereof
I herewith transmitt to you Whereupon the Assembly
directed me to send ColP Williams with what they appre-
hended might be proper to lay before them, after which I
rec<i your above mentiond at which I was stumbled that
when you had presented your Petition to his Maj‘y should
not have learnt after so long a time as from 30*^ of May to
the 26* of August That that Affair was taken Care of,
which made me in doubt whether it might not be only a
private Letter seeing I had no Direction from his Grace to
subject the whole matter to those Gentlemen neither
directly nor by a circular Letter as had been usual, but
only Extracts of some Paragraphs signed by them but more
especially when I rec* Governour Shirley’s Letter of
October 24th with the Discharge of our new Levies, which
Letter containd many discouraging Circumstances to which
I now give answer and know not how to communicate the
matter to you better than by sending Copies of them to you
as also of the Muster Rolls and accounts of other Expences
incurrd by meanes of the Canada Expedition That you
might be advantaged to pursue your Petition or otherwayes
obtain what is right in the Case. • Whether Admiral Knowls
will not be gone off before ColP Williams can possibly
reach Boston with the necessary preparations is doubtfull
and in Case he should be gone or be there and be so taken
off by the Care of his Squadron that the Affair should be
entirely under the Direction of M^ Shirley, its easy to see
by his Letter how things are like to turn out with us, when
our Assistance is wanted we are caressd but when that is
over we are neglected as it was in asking for Reimburse-
ments of the Cape Breton Expences. No people under the
heaven can be better disposd to his Majt'es Service than
ours yet if they alwayes come off by the Lee it will be dis-
couraging. Indeed I alwayes said I chose to bear the
Burthen if it would not break our backs but now our danger
is great without Relief but the Massathusetts Gentlemen
tell me theirs is certain. Com^s from Massathusetts, New
York and Conecticutt have Agreed on Measures and pro-
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105
portions for carrying on the Warr and our Legislature have
approvd of it tho neither Massathusetts nor New York have
3"et done it and as for y® other Gov'’’* tho invited to the Con-
gress sent no Comissioners. We would be frugal but not
parsemonious and if others are proflugate and spend y*'
money for that which eventually turns out to no Advantage
as in many Instances it has so done I would trust would
not finally turn out to our Disadvantage
You will have sent you herewith Copies under the Seal
of ye Gov‘ of ye Acts of our Assembly weh sett forth the
intended Canada Expedition with a List of the Officers
appointed weh I thot to be the most evidencial of ye Regi-
ments being raised pursuant to the declaration made of his
Majties pleasure signifyd by his Grace ye D of N Castle a
Copy w^ of I herewith send you.
I had not been so much at a loss ab^ Extracts of Letters
to Mr Shirley had I not heretofore observd when I had only
an Extract of a passage in the D of New Castle’s Leter to
Mr Shirley That when L‘ Gen> S‘ Clair shall arrive att
Louisburgh it will be left with L‘ Gen' S‘ Clair Mr Warren
and you to alter ye Plann of Operation as shall be thot most
advisable that he took it for a sufficient authority for two of
them to do it tho the Order never came.
I also have desired the Coll' to take this Opportunity to
procure of Sr W™ Pepperil a proper Evidence of our Troops
att Louisburge actually performing the Service in garison-
ing Louisburge as in our Acc‘® hypothecated agreeable to
the Provision our Assembly had made and if yr should
appear to be more in number or greater length of time that
you would get it added to y® Acc' be sure we have imbursd
every penny of it the number agreed by our Assembly to
be kept there was 350 and y® time was till first of June
unless his Maj"®s pleasure should be sooner known the
number as I have heard was for some time 400 and they did
not get home till July. S'' Peter Warren I believe is able
to evidence in our favour and to be otherway^es serviceable
to us and have herewith inclosd a Letter to him which you
will take Care of
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I have directed your Psallery granted in May last which
was 250I1 to be sent to your Correspondents in Boston and
presume it is actually done
I subscribe
Your humble obedient Servant
JONTH law
To Eliakim Palmer Esqr
[Indorsed] Copy of A letter to M*' Palmer 20*^ Nov'^'' 1747
Copy of another January 27:i747/'8
JOxNTATHAN LAW TO SAMUEL WELLES.
Milford Nov^*' 20^’’ 1747
Yours of y® 2^ Instant I rec^ on the 9^*^ I have sent my
Paquetts by Colh Williams I thank you for your Informa-
tion as to the Expedition Its well to consider whether we
have a sufficient number of men and also to count up the
Cost You have sent for some of our men and N York have
sent for men to protect Albany, we are supplying both by
which meanes we are like to dreind of men and as to money
Quantity avails little when the Quality is become like Salt
that has lost its Savour.
N York will not think much of taking Crown point
whilest they fear they shall not hold Albany
I hope the Association of Pensilvania may be of good
Service
I am S'"
Your humble obedient Servant
J L
Saml Wells Esqf
[Indorsed] A Copy of a Letter to M^ Wells Nov*’'’ 20'*' 1747
JONATHAN LAW TO PETER WARREN.
I would in the name and on the behalf of the Gov' and
Company of this Colony Congratulate your Excellency on
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your Advancements which I understand to be built upon
your own just Merits which is not always the meanes of
every ones Promotion and we can never forget the good
Services you did att Louisburgh for New England in which
we are compris’d without which we must have returnd
asham’d from so bold an Enterprize. As also you being an
Instrument in the hand of god in Conjunction with Admiral
Anson to avert the misery and destruction, with which
France threatened us by your timely, faithful!, prudent and
couragious Attack on the french Fleet by which they were
dissipated and destroyd and we delivered
And now S'' We would earnestly begg the Interposition
of your good Offices in our favour in your advancd State
both with Respect to Louisburg and the intended Expedi-
tion against Canada which have left us under an insupporta-
ble burthen without some Relief and I have directed our
Agent Eliakim Palmer Esqr to apply to you
And now in remembrance of your former Expressions
of good will towards us I take leave to enroll myself among
Your most obliged
obedient humble Servants
JONTH law
S'" Peter Warren
[Indorsed] Peter Warren Nov*’'' 22 1747
ELISHA WILLIAMS TO JONATHAN LAW.
Wethersf''® Nov: 25*^ 1747
Sir
In your Homs Letter to Agent Palmer, (If I mistake
not) you Signify to Him that you had directed me to pro-
cure of Gen* Pepperel, a Certification concerning Our
Forces having Served in the taking of Louisbourg and
Defence of it afterwards. I intended to have asked for
your Honours particular Direction in that Matter, but other
Matters put it out of my mind I would therefore pray
your Honour to give me in Writing particular Direction as
to what I am to Do about it, — or if your Honour pleases a
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Draught of Such a Certification as is Desired of William,
(by the bearer of this Cofi Whiting) — and your Hon*'®
Directions Shall be attended by
Your most Obedient
■ Humble Serv‘
ELISHA WILLIAMS
The Hon^i® Jonathan Law Govr &c
[Indorsed] Colh Williams’s Nov’”' 25 1747
JONATHAN LAW TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Milford Nov’^'' 26 — 1747
Yesterday I rec^ a Letter from Gov*' Clinton in w®** he
writes As I foresaw that the Troops raised upon the Expe-
dition would be soon discharged and considering how much
the frontiers of this Province would be exposd thereby I
recomended to the Gen' Assembly to take 800 men into the
pay of this Colonie for his Majt'®s Service in protection of
the Countrey, but as they rejected the most probable meanes
of engags: them by giving the men Cloathing, I am appre-
hensive it will not be in the power of the comanding Officer
at Albany to raise the Companies he has Orders for that
purpose upon the Encouragement the Assembly has now
resolved to give, as the Captains of those Levies have
refused enterin into this Service, but as I am told that
men will be readily got within your Gov' to serve in this
Province upon the following Encouragement which is io» to
a Captain ^ day 6® a Lieu' 2» to a Serjeant a Drum and i8d
to each private man to be paid monthly besides Provisions.
I take the Liberty to know your Sentiments Whether three
Companies or more can be raisd in your Gov' on this Occasion
and how soon they can be in readiness to march to Albany
with Arms and Accoutrements w®'> the Assembly makes no
Provision for both Officers and men will enter into the Pay
of this Province from the time they march. The Companies
are to consist of one Cap' one Lieu' three Serj'® and a Drum
and sixty private men and the Cap' allowd ;^i20 bounty
JONATHAN LAW. — ROGER WOLCOTT. I09
and pay is to be this Currency If you conceive men can be
readily upon these Terms I shall transmitt to you Warrants
to the Capt"s whom you will recommend in Confidence you
will name none but such as are capable to command I must
desir y® favour of your Answer as soon as possible
There is Provision made for a DocP and 2 Mates and
the time allowd by y® Assem to be upon this Service
is 270*1
Now I would pray your and Gentlemen near you their
Sentiments about it. and who may be likely persons to
undertake and accept this Service That I might recomend
them if you think it advisable for my own part I fear
Albany will be in danger and could it be protected our
Frontiers would not be so much exposed, the Confusions in
that Govt I fear are great and will much expose them
Nothing is said about Crown point now tho sometime since
he informd me part of the Legislature came into part of y®
Agreement and would inform me when they did neither
have I any Acc‘ from GoV Shirley of y^ Approbation thd I
have long since given an Acct of ours.
This comes by an Express to Coll’ Williams by whom
let me hear from you
I am S'" your humble obedient Servant
JONTH law
[Indorsed by Law] Copy of a Letter to D G Wolcott
Nov*”" 26 1747
ROGER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Windsor Novf 27 1747
yours of the 26^’’ Instant I have Rec*i had I Rec*i it
yesterday when I mett the Comittee for the war I should
have had the Opertunity of Confering with Them upon but
it is now Impossible to Call them together so as to return
you an Answer by this Express I must therefore something
suddenly Give my own Thoughts and send your Letter
with this open to the Gentlemen of the Councill in this
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County who I hope will give your Honr their opinion by
this Express.
My opinion at present is that the Confusions that are
at present at New York are such as threaten the loss of
Albany which would be a Great Disorvice (?) to all the
Northern Collonys for it will Greatly Encourage the Enemy
and the loss of that Valuable fronteer will Endanger the
Defection of the Six Nations and possibly bring the whole
force of the Enemy upon New England and I think the
Encouragement offered by Gov'’ Clinton with the Love our
men bear to their Country will Induce our men Chearfully
to Enter into the service I Can speak for one that did not
my years forbid it I would readily enter into the service
and Endeavour to Inlist a Company and should not doubt of
success I have five sons Grown to men if his Excellency
should think fitt to order a Comission to Either of them
I can freely adventure him into the service
your Hon*" in my opinion may do well as the Case is
Circumstancd to Inform Gov Clinton of your Grave Con-
cern for the misunderstandings there are with them and
the Danger that threatens not only their own fronteers but
the Comon Cause is like to suffer by it and that you Could
have been Glad the Case had be such that we might have
been excused from this we haveing now ordered forces up
to Garason the County of Hamshire yett Considering the
Case as it is you will Encourage the Inlisting the men here
according to his Excellencys proposall
as I observed before I am now alone and time will not
allow me to call in advice nor Inform myself who will
undertake to be officers in the service here Can therefore
only tell you that ColD Talcott or Cap* James Chh are very
Good men and that one of them and if they faill severall
others in these parts of the Gov‘ will cheerfully undertake
it if they have the opertunity
yesterday we orderd 50 men out of Col° Whiting and
Coll® Wells Regiment to be raised for the Defence of the
County of Hamshire have no news to tell you but that I
hear at Boston to have agred to the Expedition ag‘ Crown
JONATHAN law’s CERTIFICATE.
I I 1
point your Honr will therefore Consider if it be not best to
reserve the men that shall go to Albany for that service if
it Goes on
I am your very humble serv‘
ROGER WOLCOTT
Gov*^ Law
Hartford NoV 1747
I Have Read what his Honour Governour Wolcott Has
Wrote, I am of opinion it is Best Your Honour Should Give
our Men the oppertunity to engage in the Service
Who am with Due Regards Your
Honours obeidiant H Ser“
WM PITKIN
To the Honourable Jonath. Law Esq^
[Superscribed] To the Hon^bie Jonathan Law Esq^
In Millford pr M*" Baldwin
[Indorsed] Gov^ Wolcott Nov*’'' 30**' 1747
JONATHAN LAW’S CERTIFICATE.*
Jonathan Law Esq^ Governor of his Majesties English
Colony of Connecticut in New England in America.
To all whom it may concern.
By these presents doth certifie & make known.
That in pursuance of his Majesties directions Signifyed
* Late in the year 1899 Benjamin Franklin Stevens of London, England,
wrote to the Connecticut Historical Society offering to send to the Society a
transcript of the muster rolls of the ten companies raised in Connecticut in
1746 to take part in the intended expedition of that year against Canada, pro-
vided copies of the rolls were not already in Connecticut. This kind offer being
accepted, with the assurance to Mr. Stevens that no copies of the rolls were
known here, a handsome volume containing a transcript of the rolls was re-
ceived a few months later, from which the following is extracted :
“ The Transcribers Prefatory Letter.
“ London, 9 April 1900.
“ In respectfully proffering this volume of Transcripts to the Connecticut
Historical Society a few words about this unique Muster Roll may not be un-
acceptable.
“ The original book in its contemporaneous canvas binding is made up of
broadside sheets of paper of different sizes. It has no title page. The first
sheet, lyritten on both sides, contains the Resolution of the General Assembly
of Connecticut in May 1746 to raise and maintain Troops. The seal is lost. The
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to the Governor & Company of Colony by his Grace the
Duke of New Castle in his Letter dated April 9th A D: 1746.
Elisha Williams Esq^ was appointed Col°.
Samuel Talcott Esqr Lieut‘ Col°.
Israel Hewit Esq*" Major of the Regiment ordered to be
raised in S<i Colony according to the King’s Directions Sig-
nifyed as afores^ to proceed on an intended Expedition for
second sheet, also written on both sides, contains further Resolutions of June
1746. This has the Colonial Seal in red wax. The third sheet is a proclamation
or certificate by Governor Law enumerating the officers of the different com-
panies. The Governor’s seal, on this, is an imperfect impression. On the fourth
sheet the Muster Rolls begin and are continued to the eighty third where the
book ends.
“The first, and first only, of these rolls bears the title heading ‘A Muster Roll
of the Regiment of foot under the Command of Colonel Elisha Williams raised for
His Majesties Service for an Expedition against Canada by Order of the General
Assembly of this Colony pursuant to his Majesties Directions signified to the
same by his Grace the Duke of New-Castle in a Letter dated April qth. 1746.’ The
Rolls are for each of the ten companies and give the names of the officers, non-
commissioned officers and privates with the dates of enlistment, and are respec-
tively for these eight periods : — 30 May to 24 August 1746 ; 25 August to 24 October.
25 October to 24 December; 25 December 1746 to 24 February 1747; 25 February to
24 April; 25 April to 24 June; 25 June to 24 August; and 25 August to 31 October
1747. They each bear the autograph signatures of their respective captains and
lieutenants and all are countersigned by Governor Law and Commissary Herpin.
The eighty Rolls are here transcribed page for page with their respective originals
with the single exception that it has been more convenient to copy the one title
heading on a separate preliminary sheet.
“ As the Acts of the General Assembly and this Mustering of the Connecticut
Forces for an Expedition against Canada were ^pursuant to His Majesties Direc-
tions signified by the Duke of Newcastle in a letter dated April g. 1746.’ and as
that letter is not in the Muster Roll I add a copy from its official draft, (A. W. I. 63)
in the Public Record Office. I also add the Abstract of Mr Palmer’s letter received
August 1747 and the Extract of Governor Law’s letter of 17 October 1747 received
from Governor Shirley, but in quoting these three papers pertaining to the
Muster Roll merely for convenient reference I am not opening for discussion the
general subject of the concerted action of Connecticut with the other Colonies for
the reduction of Canada or the Louisburg expeditions.
“ Of course the fair copies of the Duke of Newcastle’s draft when written out
for signature and dispatch would be addressed in the usual terms to the respec-
tive governors. In the body of the instructions ‘ Connecticut ’ or ‘ Rhode Island ’
would be substituted for ‘ New Hampshire ’ now in the official draft.
“ The spelling of names, abbreviations, capitals, punctuation and similar
peculiarities have been carefully followed throughout the transcripts. Only the
foliation on the eighty Muster rolls has been added.
“ This original Muster Roll recently discovered in the Public Record Office of
England by Hubert Hall, Esq., F. S. A., Custodian of the Government Search
Room, is perhaps the only complete Muster Roll of the Colonial forces raised for
this expedition, now preserved in the English Archives. Its present reference
mark and number is War Office Original Correspondence No. i.
“ In the hope of making my Transcript better available for historical and
genealogical purposes I have put at the end of the volume an alphabetical list of
the names of the one thousand officers and men borne on the Muster Roll.
“ B. F. Stevens.”
The rolls which follow are printed from the copy transcribed for and pre-
sented by Mr. Stevens to the Society. Governor Law’s certificate giving the
JONATHAN I. AW S CKRTH'TCATK.
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the Reduction of Canada to his Majesties Obedience — &
also that.
Comps
Elisha Williams was appointed Capt
Henry King
I St Lieut'
)
Tim° Bigelow
2<' Lieut'
of
John Brown
Ensign
)
Samuel Talcott
Cap'
1
Will™ Smithson
ist Lieut'
1
f
'7d
Dan' Lyman
2^ Lieut'
2
James Blacksley
Ensign
j
Israel Hewit
Cap'
1
Jonath" Read
fst Lieut'
1
1
-jd
John Leeds
Lieut'
3
Dan' Redfield
Ensign
J
James Church
Cap'
1
Josiah Griswold
I s' Lieut'
j
1
/
1
A th
John Patterson
2<' Lieut'
4
Jacob Ford
Ensign
j
Josiah Starr
Cap'
1
Will™ King
I s' Lieut'
1
r th
David Burr
2^ Lieut'
r
5
Coe Hinman
Ensign
j
Benjam“ Lee
Cap'
1
Henry Cleaveland
I s' Lieut'
of
Asa Lothrop
2<i Lieut'
r
Nath' Ripley
Ensign
j
Rob‘ Denni.son
Cap'
1
Gershom Breed
fs' Lieut'
1
1
f
1
th
Roger Billings
2<i Lieut'
Isaac Jones
Ensign
J
Comps
Comps
Comps
Comps
of ye 6‘h Comps
Comps
names of the officers is printed from a duplicate original among the Law papers
which bears the autograph and seal of Governor Law, as does that copied by Mr.
Stevens. A few illegible words in this have been supplied from Mr. Stevens’ copy.
Possibly this illegibility was the cause of a second certificate being made to send
to England. The red wax seal bears a poor impression of the arms. Apparently
the shield carries a chevron, whose cross hatching indicates that its color is black,
between three small figures which may be birds heads, erased. There is no crest
above the esquires helmet which surrounds the shield.
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Will™ Whiting
Sam' Fitch
Norm^ Morison
Seth Pain
Elihu Hall
Sam> Sandford
John Darling
Arthur Worster
Joseph Worster
Dan' Belding
Eliakim Robinson
Janies Mead
Capt
I St Lieutt
2<i Lieutt
Ensign
Capt
I St Lieutt
2^ Lieutt
Ensign
Capt
ist Lieutt
2<i Lieutt
J
J
J
8th Compa
9th Comps
Comps
June 19th 1746
Ensign
In the Said Regiment on the particular times & days
mentioned & entered in the annexed Muster Rolls, & that
the S<i appointed persons did accordingly then engage to
Serve his Majesty in the S“i respective posts in the Expedi-
tion aforesd & likewise that —
The Rev<^ Ashbell Woodbridge was
appointed Chaplain
Normd Morison Physician & Surgeon
John Herpin Jum Comissary J
Tim® Mix Surgeon’s Mate ■
James Fitch 2<i Surgeon’s Mate |
for the said Regiment J
Given under my hand & Seal at Milford in
^ j- the Colony afores<i this Day of December
■ — , — Anno Regni Regis Georgij 2“<Ji Magn* Britn™e
&c 2i™o Annoq Domini 1747 —
JONTH law GovR
ith
1746
i
SEAL
MUSTER ROLLS.
Colony of Connecticut in New England Anno Domini
1746
A Muster Roll of the Regiment of foot under the
Command of Colonel Elisha Williams raised for his Majesties
Service for an Expedition against Canada by Order of the
MUSTKK ROLLS.
General Assembly of this Colony pursuant to his Majesties
Directions signified to the same by his Grace the Duke of
New Castle in a Letter dated April 9‘h 1746
Dates 1746
Col> Elisha Williams Capt" May 30
Henry King Lieu* 30
Timothy Bigelow 2^ Lieu* 30
John Brown Ensign 30
Ashbel Woodbridge Chaplain June 19
John Darling Adjutant Sept'' 5
Roderick Morrison Quarts Masf Aug. 23
Normand Morrison Surgeon June 19
Timothy Mix Surgeons Mate 9
James Fitch 2^ Surgeons Mate 9
Samuel Brooks J Enlisted June 4
Timothy Baker [ 3
Robert Wilkinson [ Serjeants 9
John Hopkins J 30
Stephen Smith J 1 1
Daniel Cornwal i Corporals 6
William Pattison f 27
William Whitney J 9
Noah Hoskins \ Drummers 10
John Ranney [ 6
Thomas Andrus ii
Jonathan Arnold 3
Jonathan Ashley 14
Nathaniel Brown 3
Stephen Bordman 4
Simon Baxter 5
David Ball 6
Joshua Culver ii
James Cole 1 1
Abel Clark 23
Josiah Church il ^ 24
Jeremiah Center 26
Andrew Curricum 9
Moses Curricum 24
Il6 LAW PAPERS.
Matthew Dunham June 4
Samuel Drake 25
Ambrose Eglestone 3
Ezra Elgar 3
John Edwards 6
Esau Ephraim 3
John Foster 6
Joseph Fox 7
George Fuller 7
David Foster 23
Benjamin Frisbie July i
Nathaniel Hubbard June 3
Ebenezer Hale 4
Reuben Hosford 9
Peter Harrison resp‘ 10
Thomas Hewit 10
Elijah Harvey 10
Shauwon Indian 2
Prime Indian 2
Squamp Indian 3
Broughton Johnson 9
Zebede Indian 24
J ohn Knox 5
Samuel Keney 23
Jabez Lewis 3
Benjamin Luse 9
Nathaniel Linus 9
Ichabod Lucas 9
Robert Loveland respt 9
Benjamin Lord 10
Daniel Mackey 6
John Mason ii
Peter Milford 10
David Marble July 9
Roderick Morrison Augs‘23
William Olivey June 25
Asahel Owen 25
Amos Porter 3
MUSTER ROELS.
I
John Pattison
J une 4
Joseph Powel
4
Bailey Plumb
6
Ezekiel Park
9
Cornelius Peck
1 1
Timothy Pierson
respt
1 1
Benjamin Price
13
Edward Pattison
25
Cyrus Quarters
6
John Robbin
26
Jonathan Smith
4
John Stratton
4
Stephen Shipman
5
Jonathan Shipman
6
John Sykes
9
Peleg Sunderland
9
Andrew Sawyer
respt
9
Simon Smith
1 2
Joseph Storer
14
Enoch Smith
16
Thomas Stevens
20
Peter Sanchuse
9
Jonathan Strickland
26
Timothy Stanley
July 14
Elisha Tillotson
June 3
John Thomas
6
Paul Thurston
1 1
Samuel Thompson
respt
14
William Taylor
14
Peter Tomtauko
9
Benjamin Topham
9
Benjamin West
3
Thomas Wetmore
6
Caleb Webster
9
Noah Wadhams
II
Jacob Way
resp‘
1 1
Samuel Wright
1 1
ii8
LAW PAPERS.
John White
Zephaniah Wicks
Isaac Williams
June 27
July 4
1 1
Colony of Connecticut New London August 24*1^ 1746.
Then mustered in Coh Elisha Williams’s Company in the
Regiment of foot of which said Elisha Williams is Colonel
raised for his Majesties Service for an Expedition against
Canada viz. one Captain two Lieutenants one Ensign four
Serjeants four Corporals two Drummers and eighty six
private men being all Effectives the Muster being for
Eighty seven Days commencing the 30*^ Day of May 1746
and ending the 24^^ Day of August following both Days
inclusive.
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25**1 Day of August 1746 and ending the 24**1 Day of October
following both Days inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding. On the back of this roll is the record
“ Benjamin Tapham died October 4.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25**1 of October 1746 and ending the 24**1 Day of December
following both Days inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of Benjamin Tapham.
On the back of this roll is the record ‘ ‘ Paul Thurston died
Novr 17.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25**1 of December 1746 and ending the 24**1 Day of February
following both Days inclusive ” contains the same names as
Jn° Herpin Commisy
Witness our Hands
Elisha Williams
Henry King
The above named Elisha Williams
Sworn before me.
Jon™ Law Govi"
MUSIKR ROI,I,S.
I 19
the preceding except for the omission of Paul Thurston.
On the back of this roll are the records “ David Marble
deserted February 24 Jonathan Smith deserted Febrv 24
Stephen Shipman died Janry 28 Simon Smith deserted
Febry 24.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25th of February 1 746/^7 and ending the 24‘h Day of April
following both Days inclusive ” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of David Marble,
Jonathan Smith, Stephen Shipman and Simon Smith. On
the back of this roll are the records “Lieut Tim° Bigelow
died March 23 Nath^i Brown deserted April 24.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25^!’ of April 1747 and ending the 24th Day of June following
both Days inclusive ” contains the same names as the
preceding except for the omission of Timothy Bigelow and
Nathaniel Brown. On the back of this roll is the record
“John Sykes died May 8tt>. ”j
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25^’’ of June 1747 and ending the 24th Day of August follow-
ing both Days inclusive ” contains the same names as the
preceding except for the omission of John wSikes. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25*^* of August 1747 and ending the 31®^ of October follow-
ing both Days inclusive ” contains the same names as the
preceding. ]
Lieu‘ Col> Sami> Talcott Cap‘
Dates
May
1746
30
W"! Smithson Lieut
May
30
Dan* Lyman Lieu‘
June
9
James Blaksly Ensign
May
30
John Pratt 'j
Inlisted June
24
Tim° Hill |
1
j> Serjt®
i
June
August
13
Tho® Newell
9
Joseph Bradly
June
13
120
LAW PAPERS.
Benja Chittenden
Joshua Turril
James Doney
Thos Briant
Benja“ Pitchard
Joseph Hecocks
Henry Acans
Titus Allin
Elijah Alderman
David Andrus
W“ Barns
Tilly Blaksly
Adkison Branton
Samuel Butler
Elihu Baily
Benja“ Brown
James Ball
Eldad Barber
Jehiel Capron
Joel Camp
Paul Cornel
W® Charles
David Clark
Elisha Crane
Beriah Dudly
John Dorman
Rich<J Darrow
Tho® Dorson
James Doctor
Abra“i Doolittle
W« Dennin
Tim® Daily
Robert Downin
John Everton
Sami Evans Ju^
Benja“ Griswold
1
Corpor'
J
Drumr
Respi
Respt
June
13
June
24
June
1 1
June
8
June
7
June
3
June
9
June
24
July
2
June
4
June
4
June
6
June
9
June
1 2
July
2
July
2
July
2
July
i5(?)
June
23
June
8
June
17
June
19
June
24
July
2
June
8
June
17
June
18
June
18
June
20
July
2
July
2
June
18
June
28
June
18
June
28
June
5
* Written Banton on another roll.
MUSTER ROLLS.
I 2 I
Moses Goff
June
8
Hez'’ Gorham
June
23
Return Holcomb
June
5
Jon“ Higly
June
5
Isaac Hail *
June
8
Ichabod Hand
June
13
Sam' Hale
June
16
Benja" Holcomb
June
24
Edward Hutchins
June
25
David Holly
July
2
Jon^ Holly
July
2
Abra™ Hitt
August
14
Jobe Judson
Respt
June
25
Joate Indus
June
13
Peter Judson
June
28
Thos Johan in lieu of Simeon Wright
June
5
Joseph Joslin
June
23
John Lomis
June
30
Joseph Messengers
June
5
Elijah Messenger
June
5
John Monteque
June
19
Roger Mawchu
June
19
Joseph Munson
June
23
Jona Mix
June
23
Amos Mansfield
August
6
Andrew Nauten
June
10
Eleazr Newhall
June
12
John Noble
Resp‘
June
25
Oliver Orvis
June
3
Thos Orator
June
16
Jeremiah Osburn Jm
July
9
Ward Peck
June
23
Darias Pain
June
24
John Roberts
June
10
Jasper Rutte
June
13
Benja“ Roice
June
23
* Written Hale on another roll.
122
LAW PAPERS.
Thos Rutte
June
27
Dan> Robison
June
28
Andrew Sherwood
June
7
David Shipman
June
10
Thomson Spelman
June
12
George Scott
June
13
Joseph Suckenuck
June
19
Caleb Suckenuck
June
12
Israel Smith
July
14
Thos Sherlock
June
2
Richard Stubbins
Respt
June
18
Benja“ Silby
Respt
June
23
David Towner
June
10
Isaac Turner
June
13
Jacob Turner
June
17
Mayhu Tupper
June
20
John Tibbals
June
28
John Tousse
July
8
James Thomson
July
3
Stophels Vansant
June
25
Jona Woodruff
June
3
Abel Wood
June
17
Benja“ Whittacus
June
19
Jonatt’ Ward
June
25
Jon^ Wood
July
14
James Warren
June
20
New London Connecticutt August 24^^’ 1746. Then Mus-
tered In Lieut CqP Sam^ Talcotts Company in y® Regiment
off Foot (of Which y® Honourable Elisha Williams is Col-
onel) Raised in The Colony of Connecticutt for his Majestys
Service for an Expedition against Canada vizt one Captain
two Lieutenants one Ensign four Serjants four Corporals
two Drumers and Eighty Six private men all Being Effect-
ive. The Muster Beeing for Eighty Seven Days Commencing
the 30 day of may 1746 & Ending The 24^’’ Day of August
MUSTKR ROU.S.
123
then Next following both days inclusive
witnes our hands
Samuel Talcott
Jn° Herpin Commisv Daniel Lyman
The above named Sam" Talcott
Sworn before me
Jon‘" Law GoV
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing y«
25‘" day of august 1746 and Ending ye 24*" day of Octo''
following both days inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding. On the back of this roll is the record “Paul
Cornel Died Sep'' 1746.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25th day of Octor 1746 & Ending ye 24'" day of Decemr fol-
lowing both days inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of Paul Cornel. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing The
25'" day of Decemr 1746 and ending The 24*" day of Feb''
following both days inclusive” contains the same names
as the preceding; but with the record “Deserted” against
Elihu Baily, Abra'“ Hitt and Darias Pain. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
.similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing The
25"' day of Febr 1746/7 & Ending The 24'" day of april
following both Days inclusive” contains the same names
as the preceding except for the omission of Elihu Baily,
Abra"' Hitt and Darias Pain ; but with the record “Deserted”
against Tim® Daily, Edward Hutchins and Eleazf Newhall.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing The
25^" day of april 1747 & Ending the 24^" of June follow-
ing both days Inclusive” contains the same names as the
preceding except for the omission of Tim° Daily, Edward
124
LAW PAPERS.
Hutchins and Eleazr Newhall; but with the record “De-
serted” against Samuel Butler.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25*1^ day of June 1747 and Ending the 24 day of august fol-
lowing both days inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of Samuel Butler. J
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25th day of august 1747 & Ending the 31st day of octo^
following both days inclusive” contains the
same names
the preceding.]
Dates
1746
Majr Israel Hewit Cap‘
May
30
Jonathan Reed ) L^g^t
30
Thomas Leeds [
30
Daniel Redfield Ensign
30
Thomas Leeds ]
Enlisted
June
1 1
Alpheus Tubbs ■
Abijah Hewit f
1 1
16
Stephen Emerson J
II
Peter Powers ]
II
Jacob Sawyer !
Simon Fobes I
July
I
June
13
1
Giles Hull* J
13
Elias Button t |
Joah Ward )
July
3
June
13
Elisha Avery
12
John Ashbow
28
Samuel Asten
Respt
12
Thomas Badcock
12
Simon Bagonet
12
Phillips Beckwith
12
Samuel Brand
13
Joseph Brown
13
Samuel Beckwith
16
* On one roll this name is written Hall,
t On one roll this name is written Batton.
MUSTER ROLES. I 25
Noah Beebe Ji^ine 12
Nehemiah Beebe 16
Patt Brown 10
Robert Crosmon 1 2
Charles Chowjoy 13
Josiah Chatfield 13
John Carter 13
John Cheswunks 16
John Corbit 28
John Chunks 26
Samuel Corbit 12
James Chunks 28
John Cojow 28
John Deway i6
William Dowley 10
John Downs 16
Thomas Douglass 20
Benjamin Edwards 13
Samuel Edmunds Resp‘ n
David Fanning 9
Tom Foney 10
John Fuller 10
Samuel Feller* Resp^ 10
Jason Fish ii
John Glover 9
Thomas Giddingsf 16
Benja Garrit 28
Christopher Helme 1 1
Richard Harvey 12
Abraham Hill 13
Samuel Hutchison 24
William Jeffery ii
Abner Indian 13
Ned Indian 1 1
Tobe Indian 13
* On one roll this name is written Fellow,
t On one roll this name is written Giddions.
126
LAW PAPERS.
John Jones
Penny James
Peter Junks
George Indian
John Leathercoat
John Lewis
Isaac Lamphier
Ely Lewis
Jonathan Loss
John Lewis
Robert Menter
Jeffry Mezin
Ebenezer Mack
Peter Mezin
Stephen Mason
Liftis* Newell
Peter Nonsuch
Nathaniel Park
Thomas Palmer
Daniel Poheeg
Sam; Pomet
William Pertilow
John Quawhawg
Tom Quigicks
Isaac. Rowley
John Robings
Jonathan Rogers
Stephen Ransom
John Rowlison
Hezekiah Smith
Thomas Smithson
Thomas Smith
Solomon Sterry
Abraham Stevens
Samuel Sterry
Tom Toney
June II
24
28
13
10
12
16
26
Respt 13
26
5
1 1
16
26
12
13
12
1 1
II
26
28
26
13
26
II
1 1
1 1
16
13
July 6
resp‘ June 14
16
16
13
1 1
10
* Written Loftis on another roll.
MUSTER ROLLS.
127
James Tantipan*
June II
Eleazer Tillison f
1 1
Nehemiah Tantipan*
I 'I
John Towns
resp‘ 9
Sam : Todd
28
Ezekiel Tubbs
17
Sam : Waug
26
Uriah Williams
26
William Wall
1 1
Nathan Williams
10
Stephen Williams
10
Joseph York
9
Colony of Connecticut
New London August 24**’
then Mustered in Majer Israel Hewit Company in the
Regiment of Foot of which the Honourable Elisha Williams
is Colonel raised for his Majesties Service in An Expedition
against Canada viz: one Captain Two Lieutenants one
Ensign four Serjeants four Corporals Two Drummers 86
Private men being all Effective the muster being for 87
days Commencing the Said 30*^ Day of May 1746 ending
the 24‘h of august following inclusive
Witness our hands
Israel Hewit
Jn° Herein Commisv Jon'*'” Read
The Above named Israel Hewit
Sworn before me
Jon"^” Law Gov'"
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25^*^ Day of August 1746 and Ending the 24th Day of Octo-
ber following both Days inclusive” contains the same names
as the preceding except for the substitution of Tom Quee-
heets for Tom Foney. On the back of this roll are the
records “ Patt Brown Deserted 1746 William
*On one roll this name is written Tantipine.
t On one roll this name is written Tillittson.
128
LAW PAPERS.
Jeffery Deceas^ Septembr 30*^1 1746 Tom Quocheets Deceas<^
October 7th 1746.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “ Commencing the
25*1^ Day of October 1746 and Ending the 24.^^ Day of De-
cember following both days inclusive” contains the same
names as the preceding except for the omission of Patt
Brown, William Jeffery and Tom Queeheets. On the back
of this roll are the records “ George Indian deceas<i Novem-
br i®t 1746 Uriah Williams deceas'^ Novemb'' 1746.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25*1^ Day of December 1746 and ending the 24*^ Day of Feb-
ruary following both days inclusive” contains the same
names as the preceding except for the omission of George
Indian and Uriah Williams.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25**^ Day of February 1746/7 and Ending the 24*^1 Day of
April following both days inclusive” contains the same
names as the preceding. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25*1’ Day of Aprail 1747 and Ending the 24*!’ Day of June
following Both Days Inclusive ” contains the same names
as the preceding. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
251I’ of June 1747 and Ending the 24*1’ Day of August fol-
lowing Both Days Inclusive ” contains the same names as
the preceding. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25*1’ of August 1747 and Ending the 31®* of October Follow-
ing Both days Inclusive ” contains the same names as the
preceding. On the back of this roll is the record “James
Tantipine, Dec<i, September. 16. 1747.”]
MUSTKR ROLLS.
t 29
James Church Cap‘
Josiah Griswold Lieu'
John Pateson 2<i Lieu^
Jacob Ford Ensign
Ichabod Freeman J
David Pike
Stephen Welton
James Dunlap
John Tryon
Elijah Woodruff
Israel Walker
Ebenezr Woodworth
Abrah"! Goodrich
Benj^ Stevens
Ameziah Ashman
Noah Allyn
Andrew Algor
Aaron Beech
Solomon Bill
William Baxter *
William Blin
Silveanas Blush
Rheuben Carry way f
Elisha Carpenter
David Cogswell
Ebenezer Curtice
Enoch Curtice
Phinehas Curtice
Thomas Cowles
Barnabas Chapman
Joseph Crowfoot
Henry Cook
John Collins
Time of Kngageing
in the Service
1746
May 30
30
30
30
Enlisted June 4
9
25
4
24
23
26
1 2
26
9
27
28
July 4
June 2
12
1 2
25
July 2
June 7
8
23
25
25
25
26
26
27
27
16
Sergeants
Corporalls
I Drummers
♦Written Bickster on another roll,
t Written Caraway on another roll.
9
13° LAW PAPERS.
Justus Dickinson June 7
Benja Denslow 9
Mathw Dolf 12
Andrew Downer 13
Joseph Dickinson 21
Amos Dorman 25
Joshua Dickinson 26
Daniel Davison July 4
Thomas Dickinson 4
Ebenezer Everets June 26
John Fowler 3
Samuel Fielding 24
Amos Fuller 24
John Finney 26
Benoni Fox 30
Daniel Goodrich 9
Elisha Gilbert 15
Edman Grover 23
Ebenezr Grover 23
Solomon Goodrich 26
Sami Gridley 23
Ichabod Grimes July 3
James Hadlock * June 4
Jonathn Hollister 13
John Hilliard 19
Samuel Hide 19
Oliver Hills 26
Amos Jones 10
Abraham Jackson 26
John Japhet 27
Benja Keney 16
John Lestrange ii
Joshua Lamkin 24
Moses Matthews ii
Rob‘ Mackintire 15
* Written Hudleck on another roll.
MUSTER ROLLS.
John Merry 15
Orlander Mack 24
Renja Matthews 25
Nicholas Nickols 25
Joseph Nepash 12
John Peathouse 8
Christopher Pease i 2
Peter Pease 13
. Charles Peck 14
Jonathan Preston 25
Jonathan Polley 27
Caleb Root • 24
John Rowse 28
John Rosmonton j
Janies Rumble >• Respt<^ 12
Jonath" Rodling * )
Eliakim Saymore 9
Stephen Skofeld 9
Rob‘ Scrivener 13
Jonath" Shawan 17
Ebenezr Stebbens 24
Josiah Skinner 26
Caleb S wetland 27
Asher Shelden July 8
Richar^i Thomas June 25
Ezra Tryon . 7
Elias Tupper 12
William White 4
Samuel Wealch 4
George Welton 9
Henry Woodward 23
John Waters f 24
Samuel Williams 24
Samuel White 27
Nathi Warren July 8
♦Written Jn° Rodling on some other rolls,
t Written Jn° Walters on another roll.
132
LAW PAPERS.
Richd Wakefree*"
Rob‘ Waif ox Respet<i June i6
Joshua Wadington j
Colony of Connecticutt New London August 24**’ 1746.
Then Mustered in Cap* James Church’s Companny in the
Regiment of Foot of which the lion’ll® Elisha Williams is
Colonell raised in y® Colony of Connecticutt for his Majes-
ties Service in an Expedition agst Canada (viz*) one Cap-
tain, Two Lieutenants, one Ensign, four Serjeants, four
Corporalls, Two Drummers and Eighty Six Private men
being all Effective. The Muster being for Eighty & Seven
Days Commenceing the 30*^ of May A. D. 1746 and ending
the 24^^ of August following both Days Inclusive.
Witness our Hands
James Church
Jn® Herpin Commy Josiah Griswold
The above named James Church
Sworn before me
Jon'th Law Gov''
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commenceing the
25**’ of August 1746 and ending the 24‘h of October fol-
lowing both Day Inclusive” contains the same names with
the memorandum “Deserted” against that of John Rowse. J
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commenceing the
25 of October 1746 and Ending the 24*^' of December fol-
lowing both Days Inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of John Rowse.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commenceing the
25‘h of December 1746 and ending the 24*^ of February fol-
lowing both Days inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding. ]
♦Written Walkefree on another roll and Wakefire on still another.
MUSTER ROLLS.
133
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commenceing the
25‘h of February 1746/7 and ending the 24^*^ of April fol-
lowing both Days Inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commenceing the
25‘>i Day of April A D 1747 and ending the 24‘h of June fol-
lowing both Days Inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding; and on the back of the roll is the record
“John Letstrange Died June lot^ 1747.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25 day of June 1747 and Ending the 24 of August following
both days Inclusive” contains the same names as the pre-
ceding except for the omission of John Lestrange.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25th of August 1747 and Ending the 31®^ of October fol-
lowing both days Inclusive” contains the same names as the
preceding except for the omission of Barnabas Chapman.]
Dates 1746.
Josiah Starr Cap‘
May
30th
William King |
T.ients
June
1 6
David Burr f
June
19
Col Henman* Ensign
May
30
Azariah Canfield
1 Enlisted
June
30
John Hamlin
Serjts
June
10
Richard Hubbell
1
1
June
2 1
John Porter
J
1
June
18
Abel Cornstalk
1
June
10
John Adams
i
^ Corp's
1
June
18
Joseph Bartram
1
1
June
25
Elisha Judson
J
June
26
Benajah Roots
!
- Drumrs
June
16
Nathan Foot
j
June
21
* Written Col Hinman on most of the rolls.
134
LAW PAPERS.
John Austin
June
25
Ebenr Burley
June
18
Peter Brown
June
19
Nathan Barnum
June
24
Danei Barnum
June
27
Simeon Baldwin
June
27
Allin Ball
June
27
John Barnux
Respt June
27
Abrah“ Ceser
June
16
Hope Chapman
June
23
Hezeki> Cozier
June
27
Danei Cable
June
28
Hezk^ Culver
June
30
Jabez Darling
June
25
David Darling
July
2
John Ellwood
June
25
John Fountain
June
18
Peter Ferris
June
23
Peter Fransisco
June
25
Caleb Ferris
June
26
John Foot
June
27
Nathei Holmes
June
18
David Hodgskiss
June
22
Eliakim Hide
June
23
Richard Hulse
June
24
Jonath Holly
June
24
David Holly
June
25
Danei Hie cock
June
26
Partrick Hu jus
Respi June
26
Jonatii Hough
June
27
Nathei Hamlin
June
30
Jonath Jagger
June
20
Miles Jordan
June
23
Job Jarman
June
23
Samel Jacobs
June
25
Danei Jennings
June
25
John Knap
June
16
Jonatii Knap
June
16
MUSTER ROLLS.
135
Daniel Knap
June
23
Jedediah Kimberly
June
24
Jarvis Krown
Resp!
June
24
Nehemh Leavitt
June
9
James Loveless
June
24
Abrahra Lockwood
June
24
Hezekh Lane
June
30
John Mallery
June
16
Joseph Morgan
June
20
Thad“s Morehouse
June
24
Ezra Mead
June
25
Gilbert Mekinzey
June
30
Sam®! Nickolls
June
16
Prime Noguier
Resp!
June
16
Pompy Nicol
June
25
Lemuel Price
June
23
Benj“ Prindle
June
24
John Parrit
June
25
Robert Poney
June
29
vSam®> Pierce
June
30
Hugh Paywell
Resp!
June
30
Thomas Queech
June
26
Isaac Rood
June
16
Charles Row
June
23
Dan®! Rumsey
June
25
Ebenr Sanford
June
16
Thomas Skidmore
June
18
Jedediah Sweet
June
23
Hezek*’ Stevens
June
25
John Seager
June
25
Benoni Stebbins
June
25
Benj“ Squier
June
25
Mallit Soldier
Resp!
June
25
Will™ Smith
June
25
John Stevens
June
26
Will™ Spooner
June
28
Justus Seely
June
29
Thomas Trusdell
June
9
136
LAW PAPERS.
Amos Turrel
June
2 1
Hatchit Towsick
June
23
John Tallowday
June
26
Josiah Thomas
June
28
David Whelply
June
18
Samel "Webb
June
19
Isaac Whelply
June
20
Richard Wareing
June
23
Anthony Wansor
June
23
Michel Wareing
June
23
James Whitney
June
25
Eben* Weed
June
26
Michel Wareing
June
27
Paul Welch
June
29
James Walling
June
30
Eben* Wixon
June
30
Colony of Connecticut New
London Augfust
24th 1
then Mustered in Capt Josiah Starrs Company in y® Regi-
ment of Foot of Which ye Hon^ie Elisha Williams is CoF
raised in y® Colony of Connecticut; for his Majesties Service
for an Expedition Against Canada Viz, one Captain, two
Lieutenants, one Ensign, four Serjeants, four Corporals,
two Drummers, & Eighty Six Private Men, being all
Effective y® Muster being for 87 Days Commencing y® 30^11
Day of May 1746 and Ending ye 24^^ of August following
Inclusive.
Witness our Hands
Josiah Starr Cap‘
Jn° Herpin Commisy David Burr Lieu*
The Above Named Josiah Starr
Sworn before me
Jon™ Law Gov*'
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing ye
25^^* Day of August 1746 & Ending ye 24*1* Day of Octob*"
MUSTER ROLLS.
137
following both Dates Inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding. |
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing ye
25*’’ of Octobr 1746 & Ending ye 24^^ of Decern*' following
both Days Inclusive” contains the same names as the pre-
ceding. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing ye
25‘>* of Decemb*' 1746: & Ending ye 24*1* of Feb^v following
both Days Inclusive” contains the same names as the pre-
ceding; and on the back of the roll are the records “Caleb
Ferris Died January 3d John Tallowday Died Februv 3d.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing ye
25*'* of February 1746/7 and Ending ye 24*'* of April fol-
lowing both Days Inclusive” contains the same names
as the preceding except for the omission of Caleb Ferris
and John Tallowday; and on the back of the roll is the
record “Thad» Morehouse Died April 2*1.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing y®
25*h of April 1747, & Ending ye 24‘h of June following both
Days Inclusive” contains the same names as the preceding
except for the omission of Thad“® Morehouse.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing ye
25th of June 1747: and Ending ye 24th of August following
both Days Inclusive” contains the same names as the pre-
ceding.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing ye
25th of August 1747 And Ending ye 31st of Octobr following
both Days Inclusive” contains the same names as the pre-
ceding except for the omission of Jona‘^ Holly.]
LAW PAPERS.
138
Benjamin Lee Cap‘
Henry Cleaveland
Asa Lothrop
Nathaniel Ripley* Ensign
Willi™ Dean
Robert Arnold
Willi™ Stark
Bened* Sarterly
Abijah Ward
Theophs Fitch
Benj“ Brooks
Seth Carpenter
Gideon Joslin
Jon‘h Case
Benj° Atwell
Samel Ashpo
John Allain
Lemuel Backus
Robinson Bump
John Bryant
Samel Backus
John Bramble
Arthur Bibbins
Willi™ Brawdbrooks
Benj" Chamberlain
Joseph Care
Josiah Care
Zechariah Cutten
Jonth« Carver
John Chapel
Ephraim Clough f
Nathan Chappel
David Canada
David Clark
Hugh Campbell
Enlisted
Serjeants
Corporals
Drummers
1 Lieu‘s
,1746
May 30
30
June 10
12
July 4
17
June 16
16
16
13
16
23
July 7
June 16
July 4
June 18
. IS
10
18
17
23
28
July 8
9
June 9
10
10
16
16
16
18
18
17
22
22
♦Called Nathan Ripley in another roll.
tWritten Couugh in one roll.
MUSTER ROLLS.
139
Samel Coy
Jonth" Cade
Samel Carthron
John Durkee*
James Downing
John Donegy
Mark Eames
James Flint
Ephraim Fellows
Elijah Freeman
Eliphi Farnam
Ebenez^ Fuller
Ebenezr Gould
Daniel Gould
Richard Givings
Peleg Harva f
Elisha Hollibut
Ephraim Hewet
Daniel Herrington
Samel Herrington
John Hibbard
Ebenezr Hides
Zechariah Jonson
Samel Jacobs
Miles Jordan
John Jonson
Benjn Jones
Stewart Key
James Luddington
Daniel Luce
Charles Lewis
Eliphf Lester
Gideon Laurence
Lewis Mitchel
Daniel Mason
June 23
July 4
9
June 17
23
28
1 6
13
17
18
18
July 4
June 16
18
July 4
June 9
10
15
16
17
18
30
Dead 9
14
16
18
25
16
10
J uly 1 1
June 16
17
28
Respi 28
18
* Written Durgee on one roll,
t Written Harvey in another roll.
140
LAW PAPERS.
Phinehas Manning
June lo
Isaac Mooch
i8
John Miers
24
John Mayo
July I
Nehemiah Merrils
4
Jonas Nichols
Respi
4
Solomon Oneshoe*
June 16
Philip Owen
Respi
16
James Philips
13
Robin Puner
15
Samel Pike
16
Nath el Pike
18
George Palmer
July 2
Samel Philips
8
Isaac Park
16
Jonth" Ransford
June 16
John Roundeye
16
Peter Robins
Respi
16
Ebenezr Stallin
13
Peter Stebbins
16
David Smith
18
John Stanly
20
Moses Smith
30
Palmer Stewart
Respi
30
John Tinker
9
Jonth“ Tuttle
9
Seth Tubbs
10
Samel Tracy
18
John Tripp
19
Ransford Thomas
Respi
19
Ebenezr Wright
9
John Welch
10
Samel Whitmore
17
Jonth“ Welch
17
Moses Wentworth
18
Nathii Walker
July 9
* Written Solomon Owen in one roll.
MUSTER ROLLS.
I4I
Colony of Connecticut in New England: New London
August 24‘h 1746 Then Mustered in Cap‘ Benjamin Lee’s
Company in the Regiment of Foot of which the Hont>ie
Elisha William’s is Colonel rais’d in the Colony of Connecti-
cut for his Majesty’s Service, in an expedition against
Canada Viz: One Cap‘ two Lieu‘» one Ensign, four vSer-
jeants four Corporals two Drummers and Eighty Five
Private Men being all effectives the muster being for eighty
Seven days Commencing the 30‘h day of May 1746 and
ending the 24^'’ of august following both days Inclusive
Witness our Hands
Benjamin Lee
Jn° Herpin Commis^ Henry Cleaveland
The Above Named Benjamin Lee
Sworn before me
Jon'*'” Law GoV
[On the back of this roll is the record “Zackariah
Johnson Died July ye 9th 1746.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25‘h day of August 1746 & ending the 24^^ day of October
following Both days Inclusive ” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of Zechariah Jonson.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25th day of October 1746 and ending the 24“^ day of Dec'"
following both days Inclusive ” contains the same names as
the preceding. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25‘h day of Dec 1746 and ending the 24‘h of Feb^y 1746/7
following both days Inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25^ day of Feb^y 1747 and ending the 24‘h of April following
both days Inclusive ” contains the same names as the pre-
142
LAW PAPERS.
ceding; but with the record “Desertd” against John Bram-
ble, Sam®i Coy and Sam®i Jacobs.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “ Commencing the
25*** day of April 1747 and ending the 24‘h day of June
following both days Inclusive ” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of John Bramble,
Sam®i Coy and Sam®i Jacobs; but with the record “De-
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “ commencing the
25‘h day of June 1747 and ending the 24^^ day of August
following both days Inclusive ” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of Charles Lewis;
but with the record “Deserted ” against Joseph Care (which
is written a second time, apparently by error for Josiah
Care) and Nath®i Pike. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “ commencing the
2 5^1’ day of August 1747 and ending the 31®* day of October
following, both days Inclusive ” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of Josiah Care and
Nath®i Pike; but with the record “Deserted” against John
Bryant, James Downing and Jonth“ Welch. On the back
of this roll is the record “John Chaple Died Aug‘ 28^^ 1747.”]
serted ” against Charles Lewis, j
Robert Denison, Cap‘
Gershom Breed ) .
Roger Billings f
Isaac Jones, Ensign
Samuel Crocker 1
I
Elijah Bordman
John Whittlesey
Gideon Cornstalk J
Daniel Bellows
William Hodgkin
Samuel Dudley
Thomas Wood
j- Lieut®
' Corporals
Enlisted June 17
June 30
July 3
July 9
July 23
June 18
July I
July 9
June 10
June 19
June 19
June 19
MUSTER ROLLS.
143
Christopher Stebbins |
Drummers
July 23
James Robbin )
June 18
David Alverson
June 1 1
Joseph Ayer
Resp‘
1 1
Robert Ashbo
'9
Job Andres
July 9
John Ashbo
19
Peter Ayer
24
George Battis
Resp'
J line 1 1
Samuel Billings
18
William Billings J*"
30
William Buck
July I
John Bolles
3
Charles Bennet
12
William Bond
14
Thomas Bettis
24
Abraham Bowdish
24
William Billings
30
Joseph Bowdish
Aug: 8
Bumbawzoo Cochegan
July I
Samuel Cornstalk
3
James Clerk
3
George Chappil
9
Shermon Denison
Resp'
June 1 1
Andrew Denison
1 1
Ezra Dodge
15
John Durfey
16
Andrew Davison
July 12
Charles Dempsey
Aug. 8
Nath'* Ethridge
July 14
Henry Frouhunt
June 16
James Fuller
18
John Frances
26
William Goff
15
Cesar_Gardner
July 9
James Greenfield
30
Thomas' George
30
Samuel Georgaw
30
144
LAW PAPERS.
Gershom Hinkley
Chequipe Horscoat
Ebenezer Hodgkin
Daniel Hodgkin
Parker Jones
Simon Jones
Edward Jones
John Ingham
Zachery* Johnson
Ephraim Johnson
Robert Johnston
Joseph Indian
George Lefavors
James Lockart
Nath®' Lucas
Thomas Minor
George Mientom
Ely Moses
Daniel Meech
John Moheegs J^
John Moheegs
Jonathan Mack
John Meeson
James Mix
John Neland
Steph: Niles
John Negro
Peter Negro
Cornelius Pattin
John Phelps
John Adam Park
James Pegon
Joseph Parrish
John Quonney
John Quiamps
John Robbin
Resp‘ June ii
18
19
July 9
June 16
18
18
July 3
9
16
21
30
June 18
30
July 3
Respt June ii
16
18
30
30
July I
9
12
Aug. 4
June II
Respt 1 1
July 19
4
June 16
23
30
July 3
9
IS
24
June 19
♦Written Zechh in other rolls.
MUSTER ROLLS.
•45
Joseph Reynold
June 26
Caleb Rude
July 9
Joseph Shaddack
June 16
Joseph Stannard
July .3
John Seanoxset
9
William Sobuck
1 2
Stutely Scranton
1 2
John Slator
16
Grover Swaddle
29
Samuel Thomas
June 2 I
John Utter
July 19
Robert Warren
June 16
John Walker
16
Joseph Webucks
18
Jared Wintworth
22
Lambert Williams
July 3
Jacob Wills
1 2
Zechery* Whipple
19
John Wawhumpit
30
Rufus Yarrington
June 30
Colony of Connecticut, New London Aug; 24, 1746.
Then Muster’d in Capt Robert Denison’s Company, in the
Regiment of Foot of The Hon^e Elisha Williams is
Colonel, raisd in the Colony of Connecticut, for his Majesty’s
Service in an Expedition agst Canada, viz. One Captain,
Two Lieul®, One Ensign, Four Serjeants, Four Corporals,
Two Drummers, & Eighty Six Private Men, being all
Effectives. The Muster being for 76 Days. Comencing y®
io‘hof June, 1746. And Ending y® 24‘h of August following,
both Days inclusive.
Witness our Hands.
Robert Denison.
Jn° Herpin Commisy Gershom Breed
The Above Named Robert Denison
Sworn before me
JoN'^'f^ Law Gov*^
♦Written Zechh on other rolls.
10
146
LAW PAPERS.
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “ Coraencing ye 25*11
of August, 1746. And Ending ye 24*11 of Ocf following,
both Days inclusive” contains the same names as the pre-
ceding. On the back of this roll are the records “ Serjeant
John Whittlesey Died Septr 30*11 1746 Edward Jones Died
Sepfr 14*11 1746.”
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Comening ye 25*1"
of October, 1746. And Ending ye 24*11 of December follow-
ing, both Days inclusive ” contains the same names as the
preceding except for the omission of John Whittlesey and
Edward Jones Daniel Bellows is advanced from first
corporal to fourth serjeant and Andrew Denison is advanced
from private to fourth corporal, the other serjeant and
corporals being also advanced one position. On the back
of this roll is the record “George Mientom Died Nov'' 7,
1746.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Comening ye 25*11
of December, 1746. And Ending ye 24*11 of February follow®^,
both Days inclusive ” contains the same names, and in the
same official positions, as the preceding except for the
omission of George Mientom.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “ Comencing ye 25*11
of February, 1746/ 7. And Ending ye 24*11 of April follow-
ing, both Days inclusive ” contains the same names as the
preceding. On the back of this roll is the record “Serjeant,
Gideon Cornstalk Died March 17*11 1746/7.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “ Comencing ye 25*11
of April, 1747. And ending ye 24*11 of June follow^, both
Days inclusive ” contains the same names except for the
omission of Gideon Cornstalk. William Hodgkin is advanced
from first corporal to fourth serjeant and Joseph Reynold
is advanced from private to fourth corporal, the other
serjeant and corporals being also advanced one position.]
MUSTKR ROLLS.
•47
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “ Coinencing ye 25th
of June, 1747. and Ending ye 24th of August follower, both
Days inclusive” contains the same names, and in the same
official positions, as the preceding; but with the record
“Deserted” against Ephraim Johnson, James Pegon and
Lambert Williams.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Coinencing ye 25‘'>
of August, 1747 And ending ye 31st of October follow^, both
Days inclusive” contains the same names as the preceding
except for the omission of Ephraim Johnson, James Pegon
and Lambert Williams. J
Dates
1746
William Whiting Cap
June
19
Samuel Fitch |
Normand Morison f
Lieu‘s
June
19
June
19
Seth Pain Ensign
Jabez Crocker
Enlisted June
25
Daniel Cone
• Serjeants
Tuly
18
Ebenezer Lyman
July
5
Stephen Andrews
Augt
23
Joseph Truesdell
June
30
Thomas Minor
- Corporals
Augt
15
Nathaniel Morgan
June
26
Samuel Tubbs ,
June
26
Israel Harding '
• Drummers
June
30
Jedediah Asheraft*
June
26
Henery Ammidown
Augt
6
Joseph Blackman
June
25
Ebenezer Bill
25
Jedediah Bill
25
John Bourn
25
James Bemiss
deserted
27
John Blake
30
Elishab Booge
July
18
Jeremiah Booge
19
♦Written Ashseraft in another roll.
148
LAW PAPERS.
James Bill
Samuel Broughton
Joshua Bundy
Nathaniel Curtiss
Samuel Cutler
Silas Cleaveland
John Closson
Elias Crofoot
George Coy
William Dewey
Gideon Dike
Jacob Dunham
Henery Deains
Oxenbridge Deains
James Deains
James Davis
Andrew Durkee
Jonathan Dunham
Stephen Farnam
Nathan Fisher
Isaac Fox
Solomon Grant
John Grove
Phinehas Hunt
John Hogens
Nathaniel Hovey
Pasco Hadlock
Abijah Harriss
William Henson
Benjamin Hatch
Constant Hart
Pyrus Indian
Thomas Jones
Jonathan Knapp
Elijah Loomiss
Michael Linsey
Obadiah Lyon
Matthew Lackey
July 21
29
Augt 12
July 9
19
2 1
22
Augt 6
Respf 6
June 25
25
26
26
27
July 7
2 1
31
Augt 10
July 17
18
18
Augt I
Respt 1
June 25
26
26
27
27
July I
14
23
Augt 3
Respt 3
July 18
June 25
July 15
Augt 6
June 2
MUSTER ROLLS.
149
James Lane
William Marsh
Ben Mooch
Elihu Minor
Hezekiah Mack
Sol Mustee
Arthur More
Peter Norton
Andris Nelson
Joshua Owen
William Parish
John Pearl
Joseph Preston
James Puffer
John Quanney
Jabez Rood
John Reynolds
Joseph Ross
Joseph Rose
Gideon Rudd
Joseph Spearks
Joseph Stanton
Ichabod Sabin
Beriah Southworth
Arter Scovel
James Staples
Joshua Simons
Jonathan Simons
Abijah Sessions
Lewis Tattentoun
John Tubbs
Eleazar Tracey
Isaac Tatten
Samuel Teal
Samuel Throope
Amos Thomas
Jacob Wators
Phinehas Wright
Resp‘ June 25
26
27
July 18
18
24
Resp‘ 24
28
June 6
Augt 9
June 25
26
July 25
Augt I
1
June 30
July I
2
31
Aug‘ 6
June 26
June 26
30
July I
5
21
24
24
Aug‘ 6
June 30
30
July I
30
Augt 7
1 1
Respt n
June 25
30
15°
LAW PAPERS.
Timothy Washburn
July
9
Thomas Walton
23
Ezekiel Waterman
24
Elisha Wales
28
John Waller
Aug‘
6
Colony of Connecticut
New London August
ye 24'
1746. Then mustered in Cap‘ William Whitings Company-
in the Regiment of Foot of which the Hon^ie Elisha Wil-
liams is Colonel raised in the Colony of Connecticut for his
Majestys Service in an Expedition against Canada viz:
one Captain, two Lieutenants, one Ensign, four Serjeants,
three Corporals two Drummers, and Eighty four private
Men; the Muster being for Sixty seven days Commencing
the 19‘h day of June 1746, and ending the 24^^’ of August
following inclusive.
N B. Mathew Lackey & Andris Nelson turn’d over
from Col° Williams Comp» Witness our Hands
William Whiting
Jn° Herpin Commisv Samuel Fitch
The above named William Whiting
Sworn before me
JoN^H Law Gov*'
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25*** day of August 1746 and ending the 24*1* of October
following, both days inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of James Bemiss, and
with the addition as fourth corporal of “John Shaw En-
listed Sept*" 12*^*” and of '“John Abbey Enlisted Sept* 20‘h”
as private; but with the record “deserted” against Michael
Linsey. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25th day of October 1746, and ending the 24*1* of December
following, both days inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of Michael Linsey.
MUSTER ROLLS.
151
On the back of this roll is the record “Gideon Rudd died
Novem*' y« 21®*.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25‘h day of December 1746. and ending the 24‘h of February
following, both days inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of Gideon Rudd.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25‘h day of February 1747. and ending the 24^*1 of April fol-
lowing, both days inclusive" contains the same names as
the preceding.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25th day of April 1747. and ending the 24‘h of June fol-
lowing, both days inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25th day of June 1747. and ending the 24* of August fol-
lowing, both days inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding; but with the record “deserted” against
Stephen Andrews and Nathaniel Curtiss.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25‘h day of August 1747. and ending the 31*1 of October
following, both days inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of Stephen Andrews
and Nathaniel Curtiss.]
Elihu Hall
Captain
Lieu‘s
Samuel Sanford 3
John Darling
Arthur Woorster Ensign
Josiah Stanly
John Williams
Gideon Washbond
Israel Isbell
1
Serjeants
1746
Enlisted June 19
June 19
July 28
June 19
June IS
15
July 7
2
152
LAW PAPERS.
Jonathan Blakeslee
Ebenezer Sexton
Nathan Baldwin
Jesse Wheeler
Samuel Culver J^
Amasai Merriman
John Ailing
Benjamin Aley
Phinehas Beach
Stephen Beach
John Brown
Benjamin Bates
Hezekiah Brackett
Job Brackett
John Brackett J^
Peter Barnett
Abner Bachelor
Thomas Beach
Samuel Beach
Joseph Baldwin
Henry Bates
John Cole Ju^
Uzziel Cook
George Cornelius
Isaac Clinton
Stephen Curtiss J^*
Timothy Cole
Daniel Collens
Waitstill Cook
Azor Curtiss
Samuel Clinton
Jacob Collens
Charles Dutton
John Darrow
Benjamin Ford
Noah Frisbee
July 9
June 15
30
July 7
June 13
July 26
June 27
July 2
June 15
15
16
24
28
30
30
30
30
24
July I
2
7
June 15
15
21
Des<i 24
27
July I
3
12
July 21
June 30
Aug‘ 14
June 24
25
June 23
July I
Corporals
Drummers
*The Jr is omitted in the latest roll.
MUSTER ROLLS.
153
Joseph Frizell
Benjamin Fox
July
Francis Green
Augt
Benjamin Hall 2^
William Hodgkin
June
George Hubbard
Robert Hawkins
July
Eliphelet Hotchkiss
July
Robin Indian
Pompey Indian
James Juriss
Hezekiah Lewis
Benedict Lilinston
June
Christopher Lee
John Morriss
Jonathan Moss
July
Joseph Mawee
Ebenezr Merriam
Thomas Merchant
Joseph Morgan
Stephen Miles
July
Solomon Moss J''
Aug‘
Adam Negro
June
Charles Negro
July
John Newton
Samuel Oviat
Moses Parker
Isaac Preston
June
John Plumb
Hezekiah Parish
July
Ebenezer Preston
James Pangburn
Augt
Abial Robbards J*"
June
Abijah Ruggles
Benjamin Street
July
Elijah Smith
June
Josiah Smith
Dos'! July
Titus Tyler
July
I
7
3
24
28
7
7
7
23
25
27
23
30
3
I
7
7
12
I
15
18
I
10
I
30
30
15
25
3
1 1
I
18
25
I
7
15
2 1
I
154
LAW PAPERS.
Phinehas Turrell
Jtiiy
3
Henry Tomutt
June
15
Young Tobee
July
3
Cyder Tom
14
Elnathan Tayler
9
Israel Thomas
3
Joseph Tainter
7
John Tillison
14
Asa Upson
June
25
Benjamin Wantwood
16
Charles Walter
28
Jonathan Whiticus
July
7
Tom Will
8
John Wheedon
16
Stephen Wade
30
John Wheeland
Augt
7
James Vandermark
June
25
Samuel Humphrey
July
7
John Hall
Respt
Elihu Hall y
Respt
Tom Tantarro
Respt
Tobit Ziklag
Respt
Oxford Humbird
Respt
Robin Coniah
Respt
Connecticut New London August 24th 1746 Then mus-
tered in Captain Elihu Halls Company in the Regiment of
Foot of which the Honorable Elisha Williams is Colonel
raised for his Majesties Service in an Expedition against
Canada viz: one Captain 2 Lieutenants one Ensign 4 Ser-
jeants 4 Corporals 2 Drummers and 84 Private men being
all Effective, the Muster being for 67 Days Commencing
the 19*^ Day of June 1746 and Ending the 24*^^ Day of
August following Inclusive.
Witness our hands
Elihu Hall
Jn° Herpin Commy Sam®^ Sanford 3°
The above named Elihu Hall
Sworn before me
Jon™ Law Gov^
MUSTER ROLLS.
155
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25‘h of August 1746 and ending the 24*’’ of October fol-
lowing both days Inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of Isaac Clinton and
Josiah Smith. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25‘h of Octobr 1746 and ending the 24**^ of Decemb'' fol-
lowing both Days Inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding. On the back of this roll is the record
“James Vandermark died Octob'' 28. 1746.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25‘h Day of Decemb*' 1746 & Ending the 24‘h of February
following both Days Inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of James Vander-
mark. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
of February 1746/7 and ending the 24th of April 1747
both Days Inclusive” contains the same names as the pre-
ceding. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25th of April 1747 and ending the 24^*’ of June following
both days Inclusive” contains the same names as the pre-
ceding; but with the record “Deserted” against Nathan
Baldwin, Abner Bachelor and Benedict Lilinston. On the
back of this roll is the record “Jonathan Moss died April
30‘h 1747.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “commencing the
25‘h day of June 1747 and ending the 24^^ day of August
following both days Inclusive” contains the same names as
the preceding except for the omission of Nathan Baldwin,
Abner Bachelor, Benedict Lilinston and Jonathan Moss.
Elnathan Tayler is advanced from private to fourth cor-
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poral, the other corporal being advanced one position. On
the back of this roll is the record “Samuel Culver Jr Drumr
Died July 31®* 1747.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25*11 of August 1747. and Ending the 31®* of October follow-
ing both Days Inclusive” contains the names as the
preceeding except for the omission of Samuel Culver Jr and
John Morriss. Daniel Collens is advanced from private to
second drummer, the other drummer being advanced to
first position. ]
Enlisted 1746
Joseph Wooster Cap
Daniel Belden
Eliakim Roberson
James Mead Ensign
Josiah Walker
Caleb Brown
Joseph Hunn
Thads Mead j
Timothy Allin
Frances Fletcher
Jonath“ Whelpley
Silas Chatman
Tho» Roberson )
Thos Hieat f
John Adington
Peter Adams
Jonath“ Atterton
Caleb Atterton
Edward Blakeman
Nath“ Beach
And^ Beardslee
Thos Brown
Willi“ Blakeman
Joseph Bouten
John Bouten
James Beardslee
June 30
July 3
4
J
June 30
June 30
July 4
21
j
Aug* 4
July 27
July 25
June 30
July 3
Drum^rs
4
19
June 27
28
j- 30
July 2
3
4
MUSTER ROLLS.
157
Benjn Blakeman
Moses Brackit
I
1
5
David Baxter
1
1
Jn° Barton
Resp‘ j
1
7
Josiah Bassit
2 1
Nath“ Clark
July
3
Jn° Chops
8
Sam" Close
Gideon Deolf
James Dursey
1
Respt 1
(July
25
Richard Dorrow
Augt
2
Henry Enman
Jnly
I
Christopr Elliot
10
John French
Eben*" Foot
1
1
i July
4
Benj° Fairchild
1 1
Isaac Frost
Elnath“ Griffin
16
wStephen Grannis
Charles German
I
' J^^iy
I
Sam" Garlup
Jn° Griffin
Resp‘ j
7
Joseph Hotchkies
June
27
Bethel Hecocks
30
Benaj" Hurd
July
4
Enos Hobby
7
David Henryson
8
David Hendrick
23
Nathei Joslin
June
27
Henry Judson
Harry Indian
i
30
John Jurdin
July
2
Benjn Lattin
2
Nath" Marvin
June
30
Sam" Munn
30
John Mills
Richard Murch
July
1
I
David Murson
Resp‘
1
7
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158
Z ache US Mallery
Indus Mancherow
IJuly 14
Samii Hosier
16
David Munrow
19
John Northrup
Thos Northrup
|july I
Simon Negro
John Oatman
Jessee Persons
Sam®i Perry
Isaac Palmer
Desart*!
23
July 4
1 June 30
Will“ Persons
Richard Portman
■ July I
Enos Potter
25
John Rushuck
July 2
Daniel Runchepash
7
Alex^ Slone
June 30
Joseph Smith
July I
John Sealah
4
Peter Shase
5
Tho® Sherman
8
Silas Scarriot
15
Isaac Sherwood
16
Joseph Story
James Smith
Mathew Smith
18
[ »5
Peter Suckanuch
Augt 22
Danei Tucker
Tho® Terlit
Respt j
1 July I
Daniel Turril
Frances Willmut
)
8
Nath“ Whelpley
(
■ June 30
Joseph Warbler
John Wright
Jacob Wakelee
Resp‘ '
j
July I
1
Ebenr Wakelee
!
4
Nathii Wescote
5
James Way
May Way
1
18
MUSTER ROLLS.
159
Colony of Connecticut. New London Aug* 24^^ 1746.
Then Muster^ in Cap* Joseph Woosters Company in y«
Regim* of Foot of which the Hon*>'e Elisha Williams is
Colonel rais<i for his Majesties Service in an Expedition
against Canada Viz. One Cap* Two Lieu*® One Ensign
Four Serjeants Four Corpora'® Two Drummers and 82
private Men being all Effectives. The Muster being for 67
Days Commencing the 19*'* Day of June 1746. And ending
the 24**' of August following Inclusive.
As Witness our Hands
Joseph Wooster Cap*
Jn° Herpin Commisv Daniel Belden Lieu*
The above named Joseph Wooster
Sworn before me
Jon'*'** Law Gov''
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “ Commencing the
25*'' Day August 1746, and ending the 24*'' of Octob*' follow-
ing both Days Inclusive ” contains the same names as the
preceding, except for the omission of Simon Negro, and
also the following in addition :
Enlisted
Edw** Dailey Sept'' 16
Stephen Mead OcV 10
John Perry SepV 18
On the back of this roll are the records “Nath" Clark
Dec'i Septr 24**' 1746 Edward Dayley Desart<i Oct^ 22*1 1746.”]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing the
25*'' of Octobr 1746 and ending y® 24**' of December follow-
ing both Days Inclusive ” contains the same names as the
preceding except for the omission of Nath° Clark and
Edw<* Dailey. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “ Commencing ye
25*'’ of Decern'' 1746. And ending ye 24*'' of Feb>' following
both Days Inclusive ” contains the same names as the pre-
ceding. ]
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[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing ye
25th of Febr 1746/7 and ending ye 24‘h of April following
both da)'-s Inclusive ” contains the same names as the pre-
ceding. ]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing y®
as**’ of April 1747. And ending ye 24*^ of Jue following both
days Inclusive” contains the same names as the preceding.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period “Commencing ye
25*^ of June 1747 And ending ye 24th of Augt following both
days inclusive” contains the same names as the preceding.]
[A roll of this company, made out and certified in form
similar to the preceding, for the period ‘ ‘ Commencing ye
25**’ of Augt 1747 and ending ye 31st of Oct^ following both
days Inclusive” contains the same names as the preceding.]
JAMES CHURCH TO JONATHAN LAW.
Dec^ 2^ 1747
m Sr
I having seen a Letter Lately Written by yr Honour to
ye Deputy Gov'' and ye Dep Gov'® answer to y' Hon' in
which it seemed yt Gov' Clyntons Request would be Com-
plyed with of Raising a Number of men in this Goverment
for their service to Guard their Fruntears: and what I am
Going further to write I must ask your Honours Pardon
before a write it in pretending to Dictate to y' Hon' but my
Love & Pitty to my Brethren is my only Inducement
Hearto and as I Doubt not but your Hon'® Hearty Concern
for y® subjects of this Goverment will Induce you to Gain
all Reasonable Priveledges for them and I having y®
Presant year been att albony while y® soldiers were there
and some officers & soldiers of my Particeler acquaintance
in which I suppose I had vary True Inteligence of y® Grate
abuses y® soldiers suffered by y® English officers who had
been Used to treet soldiers ten fold worse than we treet our
lAMKS CHURCH. SAMUEI, WELI.ES. l6l
Dogs as was y“ treetment of soldiers in albony ye year Pased
by New york officers some of them att Least. They would
by sentence of Court marshal for small Petty transgressions
Whip a soldier 5 or 600 stripes and on some to 1500: five
hundred in a morning 3 mornings successively, and Govr
Clynton will Doubtless have them same Mercyless Creatures
now in office and so those who are under them meet with
y® same treetment but since Govr Clynton must think it a
Grate favour in your Honour to allow y® Request your
Honor will Doubtless have it in your own Power to fix your
own Terms. I would Pray your Honour in y® behalf of
those who may be Called to Go that they may be under No
other Authority in y® Goverment but his Excelency and y®
officers which go from hearr: and I Presume y‘ y® soldiers
will not Inlist except they Can be Encouraged y‘ they shall
be saved from falling into those Inhumane hands who have
been like Beasts of Prey in their behaviour more then like
Christians and if this Priveledg Can be obtained if your
Honour Dont find better men then myself I am willing to Go
and should yr Honour give me y® offer, it is Probable I shall
undertake in y® affair: but if we must be Entirely under
their field officers I have no Inclination to go
from yr Hono® most obedff serv‘
JAMES CHURCH
[Superscribed] To His Hour Jon'^ Law Esqr Gov*" &c att
Milford
[Indorsed] Cap‘° Churchs of Dect>r 2 rec«i 5th 1747
SAMUEL WELLES TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston Dec'' 2^ i747-
Honourable Sir,
I this day rec‘i a letter from M^ President Clap inclosing
one for London desiring me to forward it, & withall telling
me that your Honour had sent or was sending a Packet for
me to forward to the Colonys agent in London, I take this
opportunity to inform you, that I have not rec<i the Packet,
& that if you have one or duplicates, there will be in a
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short time two very good opportunitys by the two expresses
Gov*" Shirley & Govern^ Knowles have concluded to send
with their dispatches.
This express brings the Resolutions of the General
Court here. They have not agreed to every Particular, but
yet so far that the expedition may well go on, & our safety
so much depends upon it that I can’t but hope it will, I
very well know there are great difficultys in the way,
especially to this Province,^ but I cannot but apprehend
there are greater in neglecting it, where we shall get either
men or money is very hard to say, but it is not so with
Connecticot, they have a great many men, & the high price
of Provisions, & very much on acco‘ of this Expected Expe-
dition, will fill you with money, & if your Governt & we
can be so wise as to make no more bills even this Expe-
dition will rather help than hurt the bills, I am
Sir your most obed* hum'e Serv‘
SAMUEL WELLES
[Superscribed] To the Honourable Jonathan Law Esqr
Govern^ &c In Milford.
[Indorsed] M^ Sami Welles rec^ Decbr 9*1’ 1747
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston Decem^ 2^ 1747
Sir
Since my last to Your Honour M^ Knowles & I have
receiv’d a Letter from Gov*' Clinton, wherein he acquaints us
that he has hitherto paid the Levies of his own Governm‘
Maryland, Virginia, & Pensilvania after the Rate of 6^ Sterls
day over & above their Provisions, w^h have been allow’d
’em, & that he shall pay ’em the Remainder now due to
’em at the same Rate: Whereupon M^ Knowles & I think
the Rate of paying the Massachusetts, New Hampshire, &
Rhode Island levies, as also of the Connecticutt Levies
untill the time of their being dismiss’d last Winter, is so far
fix’d by M*' Clinton’s having proceeded thus in paying off
the Western Levies, that we think any Abatement in the
WILLIAM SHIRLKV.
1 63
Pay of the New England Levies, or Stoppage for Provisions
or billeting Money allow’d ’em by the Colonies, wbd raise
the utmost Discontent among the Soldiers here, & be
greatly prejudicial to his Majesty’s Service in New England
upon an}" future Expedition, & we have therefore deter-
min’d that the Levies of the beforemention’d New EngD
Colonies shall be paid off at the Rate of 6^ a day Sterling
clear of Stoppages for Provisions or billeting Money allow’d
by those Governm‘s, w^i' Determination we the more readily
come into, as we find it is agreeable to the general Opinion
of the Governours concern’d in the Expedition ; & I now
acquaint You with it that the Men may be paid at the Rate
of 6<i Sterling a day untill the time of their being dismiss’d
in the last Winter clear of any Stoppage for Provisions
found ’em by Your Colony.
And as to the Officers in general M^ Knowles & I have
determin’d that they shod be paid after the same Rate
with other Officers of like Rank in the King’s Army
upon the British Establishment: And M^ Knowles & I have
accordingly sign’d Certificates w‘=*’ he has left w‘^ me blank,
to intitle the Several Officers to their Pay according to the
times of their Actrial Service. And notwithstanding my
late letter to Your Honour upon this Head, if You think
proper to .send me the Accounts of Your Charges, Enlist-
ments &c according to the Duke of Newcastle’s Directions,
as express’d in mine & Mr Knowles’ Joint letter to You, to
be transmitted home ; I will endeavour to ease both the
Officers & Soldiers in the Affair, being perfectly desirous of
doing every thing in my Power for their Benefit, consistent
with the Trust repos’d in me & Mr Knowles by the Crown :
And I desire Your Answer as soon as may be, whether
Your Honour intends to send the Accounts &<= or not, that I
may write to his Grace accordingly.
Mr Knowles & I observe in the Accounts of some of
the Colonies, Medicines charg’d, & Expences in taking Care
of the Sick; for satisfying w^h we wod advise You, to make
a Deduction of three pence Sterling ^ Month out of the
Pay of private Men, four pence ^ Month from the Cor-
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porals, & Six pence from the Serjeants to pay it; as I shall
do from the Noncommission Officers & private Men rais’d
within this Government: For we don’t think any thing will
be allow’d for it by the Crown, as it is usual to provide for
it by Deductions from the Men
I am Sir,
Your Honour’s most Obedient
Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
Govr Law
[Indorsed] Gov*' Shirleys Dec^r 2^ rec^ 9*^ 1747
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston, Decern*' 3. 1747
Sir,
I herewith send your Honour a Copy of the Resolutions
of the General Court of this Province upon the Agreement
of their Commissioners with those of the Colonies of New
York & Connecticut (at their Meeting in the City of New
York) concerning the Prosecution of the War: You will
find that this Court have agreed to all the most material
Parts of the Report; as to those Articles, which relate to
the procuring a Force by Sea to act by way of Diversion,
altho’ it should not be agreed to by the several Assemblies,
yet the several Governours with the Advice of their respec-
tive Councils may solicit his Majesty for the Assistance of
some of his Ships of War to proceed up Canada River about
the time of the Expedition, for attacking that part of the
Country, or at least to make a Diversion, and there is good
reason to think that they may obtain them ; And as soon as
the Expedition is concluded on I shall write home accord-
ingly: As to the Amendment made upon the Article of
supplying New York with 400 Men, I am persuaded your
Honour will think the Alteration made in our Resolves is
both reasonable & necessary ; this Province having under-
took to furnish a much greater Number of Men than their
Proportion, and that the Number assign’d to Connecticut is
RESOLVES OF MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL COURT. 165
much below their Proportion; Besides the great Numbers of
Men in this Province lost by Sickness & War; And the
great Demands of Soldiers for the Defence of our large
Frontiers render it in a manner impossible for us to furnish
the four hundred Men for New York, and highly unreason-
able for the other Governments to expect it from us : As
your Commissioners have returned to your Governm‘ the
Articles of Agreem‘ it is unnecessary to send you a Copy
from hence; but you will easily find by comparing those
Articles with the Resolves, I now send you, how far we
have accepted the Agreement. I must desire your Honour
to lay the Matter before your Assembly, as soon as possible,
and to dispatch hither an Account of their Determinations
in this Affair, that we may lose as little time as may be in
our Preparations for the Expedition.
I am Sir,
Your Honour’s most Humble Servant
W. SHIRLEY
The hon*5>e Jonathan Law Esqf
[Indorsed] Gov*' Shirley’s Dec^r 3 1747 rec^ 9‘h
RESOLVES OF MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL COURT.
Province of the )
Massachusetts Bay f
In the House of Represenf^es October 30. 1747
The House took into Consideration the Report of the
Commissioners respecting the Expedition against the french
Fort at Crown Point, and come into the following Resolu-
tions upon the several Articles in said Report, viz‘
is‘ Upon the first Article, Resolv’d that the House
agree to said Article, Provided the Governm‘ of New York
& Connecticut shall agree to the Amendm‘s that may be
propos’d by this Court upon the several subsequent Articles.
2<i Resolv’d that the House agree to the second Article.
3'i Resolv’d that the House agree to the third Article.
4‘h Resolv’d that the House agree to the fourth Article.
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5 Resolv’d that the House agree to the fifth Article so
far as respects the Number of Men to be paid by this Gov-
ernment; provided the four hundred Men propos’d to he
rais’d in this Governm‘ & paid by New York, be rais’d in
the Government of Connecticut, That part which relates to
the keeping the Garrison the House do not agree to, being
of Opinion it will not be for his Majesty’s Service the Fort
should be preserv’d (if taken) but be forthwith demolished.
6‘h Resolv’d that the House agree to the sixth Article.
7th Resolv’d that the House agree to the seventh Arti-
cle with this Amendment, viz‘ Provided the Governrats of
New York & Connecticut shall first agree to the Amend-
ments upon this Report, propos’d by this Government.
8 Resolv’d that the House agree to the eighth Article
with the same Proviso as in the seventh.
9 Resolv’d that the House do not agree to the ninth
Article.
loti’ Resolv’d that the House agree to the tenth Article.
1 1 Resolv’d that the House do not agree to the eleventh
Article, it appearing to them that the River S‘ Lawrence is
not usually navigable at such time as the Forces may prob-
ably be at Crown Point.
12 Resolv’d that the House agree to the twelfth Arti-
cle except so far as relates to the garrisoning the Fortress
if taken.
Resolv’d that the House agree to the thirteenth, four-
teenth, fifteenth, sixteenth & seventeenth Articles.
Sent up for Concurrence
T. Hutchinson Spk'
In Council Deer i. 1747. Read and Concur’d
J. Willard Secry
Consented to, W. Shirley
Copy examined ^ J. Willard Secry
[Indorsed by Law] Resolves of Assembly at Boston Octobr
1747 rec^ Dec'^r 9^^
WILLIAM SHIRLEY. — JOSIAH WILLARD. I 67
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston Dec 3. 1747
Sir,
I laid before the Assembly of this Province your Hon-
our’s Letter relating to the Memorial of the Inhabitants of
Woodstock, & other Towns of this Province bordering on
your Colony, with the Vote of your Gen' Court thereupon ;
And the Matter now lies under the Consideration of a
Com‘ee of both Houses; When they make Report, I shall
inform you further.
At the desire of our Assembly, I must request your
Honour to give Orders that fifteen Soldiers be sent as soon
as possible out of your Governm‘ for the Protection of
Stockbridge and posted there; The said Men to be paid by
your Governm‘ & subsisted by this; Our Canada Soldiers
being withdrawn from thence, & y® Place left wholly naked.
I am Sir
Your Honour’s most Obedient
& most Humble Serv‘
W SHIRLEY
The honi>'® Jonathan Law Esq*"
[Indorsed] Gov'" Shirley’s of Dec'^*' rec^ 1747
JOSIAH WILLARD TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Sir,
I herewith inclose a Vote of the Assembly of this
Province to request his Excellency our Governor to send to
your Government to desire that they would order fifteen
Soldiers to Stockbridge for the Defence of that Place &
Places adjacent. The Governor of this Province has writ-
ten to Governor Laws accordingly; And it is at the Instance
of divers of the Council here that I now acquaint your
Honor with this Matter Hoping that it may be a Means of
expediting the Affair.
I am with due Respects Sir,
Your Honors most obedient
Humble Servant
J WILLARD
Boston Decemr 3. 1747.
Lieut. Gov^ Wolcot
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SAMUEL WELLES TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Boston, Dec^ 4, 1747
Sir,
I have the Honour of yours of Octob^ 23d from N.
Haven & am very glad to see your approbation of the Com-
issioners Report. It was the best we could come to, which
would pass the Coinissioners from every Governmt, tho I
truly think & did so in the time of it, & so exprest myself,
that Connecticot Proportion was too low, but your Com-
issioners would agree to no more, alledging they had no
opportunity of Consulting or receiving direction from, the
assembly on the affair.
I have sent a Copy which one of my son’s some time
ago, drew, of the Result at New York, & by that & a Copy
of the Resolutions of Our Geni Court upon it which comes
with it, you will see, we are come into the substance of it ;
As to the 400 men in New York pay, the Court apprehend
it impossible to raise them here & the 1800 men they have
voted; & indeed it was very much the opinion of the
Comissioners, when together, that they must be raised in
Connecticot or some other Governm* & not here, & there-
fore thd in the Resolutions of the Court, you see it said,
provided the 400 men paid by N. York be raised in Con-
necticut, it will be agreeable to us, if they are raised in
N. York or any other Governm^
The excessive expence of men & money in this
Province, only to defend our large frontier & that of N.
Hampshire (which is indeed the frontier of all the Kings
subjects & Interest in North America) is such, that it is
impossible to do much more or indeed to continue the
burthen we have already, it must not therefore be won-
dered at; that we make a difficulty of doing what some may
expect. Our ability is not equal to our inclination.
I am much concerned how we shall grapple with what
we have agreed to supply, we have lost a great number of
our men, & must beside these 1800 have a great many in
pay to defend our maritime & inland frontiers, where they
will be had is very hard to say & how they will be paid
SAMUKl, WELI.ES.
I 69
as hard, should we pretend to strike off more bills, there is
great Danger, that what we have already, & those we shall
make too, would lose their Currency & be good for nothing;
I hope therefore, that the method with you and us too, will
be to borrow, or gather in the money necessary, by a tax;
for it will be equally pernicious for one Governm* as for
the other to_ Issue bills, as they pass promiscuously, I know
it will be easy for your Governm* to gather in the money by
a tax, a great part of the Charge will be for provisions you
abound with, but the great price Provisions bear, & the
circumstances of our Province make it very difficult for us
to do it, these are distressing considerations to this Prov-
ince, & scarce any thing could be more so, but the great
danger there is, if we sit still & let Crown point fort remain
in the hands of the french, that we shall finally lose our
lives & Country too; By the blessing of God, we may help
ourselves now, but if we neglect the opportunity & are
indolent, I dont expect it will be in our power long.
Perhaps some may think it a difficulty that our Court
have not come into the article of applying for a naval force,
but I apprehend it of little consequence, for doubt not but
Gov Shirleys application with that of the Govern^ of Ne
York & Connecticot will easily obtain it, the express waits
& I will say nothing further but that I am glad your Court
has appointed you to meet at middletown ; not only because
it will be for the Public good to have a skillful Pilot in
a difficult time, but because the Court happened yesterday
to appoint me for one to meet there also, which the Court
prepose should be on the 20th of January next. Cob Hale is
appointed the other, I am with a very high respect.
Your obed‘ Hum' Serv'
SAMUEL WELLES
Gov^ WOLCOT
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JAMES CHURCH TO JONATHAN LAW.
Deer gth 1747
Hd
having Rec^ yr Honours Dated Dec^ 7 in Which I am
Informed y* Mr Tarwin* is Gone to new york to Receive
orders from Gov^ Clinton to Inlist men for his service and
yr Honour Informs me y‘ you Expect to Receive Blanks
from Govr Clinton to be filled up with such Names as yr
Honour thinks Proper I am this Instant Going on my
Journey to Boston not Intending to Tarry so long but so
as to get home y® Latter End of next week have sent my
son to wait yr Honrs Pleasure Concerning y® motion I made
in my former of Deer 2^ and if yr Horn thinks Proper to fill
one of y® Blanks with my name I shall Endevour to y®
utmost to answer yr Honour® Expectation in my fulfiling y®
trust Reposed in me : Concerning a Lieut jf yr hour should
think fit to give me y® Post of Capt I should be Glad to
Nominate to yr Honour a Proper Parson I conclude Mr
Tarwin* will Return this week expect my son will on his
Return be able to Give me y® Knowledg of yr Horn®
Pleasure: They are now Inlisting men in this Goverment
by officers from albany with success & I expect if no
Restraint they will Proceed fourther
from yr Honor® Humble & obedient
Servt to Comm^
JAMES CHURCH
[Superscribed] To The Hont^t® Jonathan Law Govr
Att Milford In Connecticut
[Indorsed] Capt Church Dect>r jg 1^47
JONATHAN LAW TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Milford iot>r 10 1747
Yours of 9br 27th I rec<i I sent Mr Farrand to N York
wth an Acet of the Encouragement given by you and Mr
Pitkin who returnd last night with beating Orders, the Govr
♦Probably the Mr Farrand mentioned in the letter next following.
JONATHAN LAW.
171
writes he has sent to Albany to know what Success his beat-
ing Orders have had for thirteen Companies, whereof seven
have obtaind and in Case he should want will send me an
Acc‘ and would freely favour your Son. The money is not
to be paid till the Capt"® arrive att Albany with their
Companies
Yesterday I rec^i a Paquett &c from Gov*" Shirley.
That Gov‘ have acceeded to the Comrs Agreement with
divers Amendments one of which is, That Conecticutt will
grant the 400 men wci’ they were to raise for New York,
and the whole on Condition That N York and Conecticutt
concurr with them and moves for the Consideration of our
Assembly. I have had two Letters from Gov^ Clinton since
he told me That part of the Legislature had come into part
of it and that when they did approve of it, he would give
me Notice, in w<^h Letters he sais not a word ab‘ it and has
since dissolvd the Assembly and gone into measures for the
Protection of Albany, when he informs me of their Concur-
rence with Boston I determine to call our Assembly and
the Express is gone forward to N York and the Jerseys and
Gov*" Shirley expects an Answer by him on his Return.
Gov*" Shirley conceeds to allow the Kings pay with out
the Stoppage for Provisions Gov Clinton having done so
for the Southern forces, but yet insists on their being dis-
chargd above a year agone and sais there should be a Stop-
page of 3*1 Sterling ^ month for a private man 4<i for a
Corporal and 6*1 for a Serjt for Medicines &c. if it be so the
men will have no advantage by it and we who have paid
the charge of the sick shall loose it if it be not chargd with
the Demands we have on the Crown, other Gov‘® he sais
have charg’d it, but it will never be allowd in any other
form but by taking it out of the wages which Sum should be
reservd for the Gov‘ I wish ColP Williams was acquainted
with it or some measures could be taken about it. and he
sais notwithstanding his and Knowls’s late Letter he would
have my Answer whether I will send the Acc‘® of the whole
Charge as he sais the Duke of New Castle directed him.
the s'! Acc‘® are not gone, and only those which were clearly
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promisd by y® D of New Castle and ColP W said that you
and he were of that mind and suspected it was movd with
no good Intent to y® Souldiers.
He also sends for fifteen men to garison att Stock-
bridge which is left defenceless now the Kings Troops are
dismiss*! and he will find provisions, I thot it needful for
you to send them if the Corn*®® have Authority given them
and this is the special Occasion of this Express
Its reported That Lieu‘s under Albany Capt“s are en-
listing men in the Gov**
An Association is forming in Pensylvania for y^ Defence
of which we have large Acc*® in the Philadelphia paper. Its
to be feard y® loss of Bergen up zone is too certain
I am S'" Your humble obedient Servant
JONTH law
Roger Wolcott Esq^
[Indorsed] A Copy of a Letter to Gov’' Wolcott Nov*”'f
10* 1747
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford Decemb’' 12 1747
S’'
Yours of the 3*1 Instant I rec<! I have directed the
Com*®® of Warr to send y® 15 men you desired to Stock-
bridge. As to the Conclusions of your Assembly ab* y®
Crown point Expedition I dont see any Advantage by call-
ing an Assembly till N. York comes into the Agreement
Gov’' Clinton upon my informing him of our Legislature’s
ratifying it on Condition of the two other Gov*» acceeding
to it, he let me know That part of their Legislature came
into part of it, and when they did, he would give me Notice
of it, and I have had two Letters or more since in which he
sais nothing about it. he movd for Liberty to raise three
*A copy of this letter which Governour Law has “Crossd ”, and so marked,
contains the following sentence. “Its reported here That one Dickson as a
Lieut under a Capt at Albany and some others are enlisting men.”
+ An error for December.
JONATHAN LAW.
173
or more Companies for the Defence of Albany and being
apprehensive of the danger of Albany under the confusd
Circumstances of that Gov‘ I did by an Express give him
all the Encouragement I could and the very night after 1
rec'i your Excellencies he returnd with beating Orders for
one Company, with an Account that he had sent out to
know how many of the thirteen Companies were to be had
there, and then, I should know further.
With respect to sending an Acc‘ of our Disbursements
on the Intended Expedition against Canada I did think
and some others also, best at present to send only
that well I took to be within the express Encouragement
given by his Maj*v signifyd by y® D of New Castle Viz
Armes Cloathing and Wages, and as for the Residue to bear
it our selves and when we find the birrthen too heavy for
us, to make our humble Address to his Majtv for Relief as
in the Case of Cape Breton. Cold Williams I suppose is on
his Journey with what is sent by him and that w®h your
Excellency mentions last, about a Stoppage for Medicines &c,
I think it was not thot of when the Coll' was here, and
would pray you would putt that matter in its just light.
That Article has been far more expensive to us than that
will repay. let it be added to our Demands on the Crown
And as to the Article of y® Discharge of the Kings
Troops neither you nor we did ever look upon it to be with-
in our Province to discharge them, the finding them with
Provisions was at our own Arbitrament, which we did so
long as we apprehended might be for his Maj"®® Interest,
and tho they were under a necessity of subsisting them-
selves yet accounted themselves holden by his Maj'y and
dischargd from all our Services, and we allways practiced
accordingly. I look upon our people to be rational and
free agents as all true Englishmen are and under the Gov'
of Rule and Reason tho multitudes of our fellow men are
actuated only by Terror as beasts or Slaves. I fear it will
be disheartening for men to engage themselves in his
Maj"®s Service and alwayes stand ready to obey his
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Coinands if the terms on they obligd themselves be not
complyd with even till his Majty sees fitt to discharge them
& remain your Excellencies
humble obedient Servant
JONTH law
Gov'' Shirley
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov^ Shirley lo^r 12 1747
[Although in a different handwriting and now separated
from it, it seems certain that this postscript belongs with
the preceding letter. ]
P S When I closd my Letter I was in Continual
Expectation of the Return of your Express and Omitted
taking Notice of the main part of yours of the 2^ Instant,
being more at Leisure I take leave to Observe to your
Excellency, that Governour Clintons Practice cant alter the
Nature of things so that in case ther was due from the
Crown to his Majesties Soudiers here, but two pence Ster-
ling per diem it should now be just for his Majesty to pay
6<i per diem and I hope your Excellency will see it to be as
great A Mistake and as much beyond the bounds of Reason
and justice to cut them off from about thre quarters of their
time of Service as it would have been to have stopped two
thirds of the wages by the day. I have not a penny
Interest in the Case: and ask your Pardon for Repeating
to you That I never so much as dreamd that I My self or
the goverment ever had any Right or Authority to Dis-
band or Discharge the troops inlisted into his Majesties
Service on the intended Expedition and he that Makes no
Distinction betwe’n A Furlow and a Discharge will bring
such a Confusion on proper Termes as will render Language
a useless thing. The Assembly desird me to Advise the
Coll> to offer a Furlow to his men till further Order from
his Majesty. The Asembly Undertaking for the Support
of such only as were sick and unable to go to their own
homes and unless his Majesty would have Subsisted them.
Necssity (which has no law) drove them to seek their own
bread yet Accounted themselves holden by the Enlistment
JONATHAN LAW. — WILLIAM SHIRLKY.
175
to his Majesties Service and it was then my Opinion and
your Excellencies and remains to be still your own and
Goveniour Knowlis Judgement by your Discharging them
on the 31 of October last.
JO NTH LAW
I have herewith inclosd a Copy of yours of the 2^*
Instant Concluding it was Accidentally put up with the
Original.
[Indorsed] A Copy of a Letter to Gove^ Shirley December
i2‘>’ 1747
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston December the 22^ 1747
Sir
Five days ago Colonel Williams deliver’d me your
Letter of the 20**’ of last November with attested Copies of
the Resolves of tfie General Assembly of your Colony for
raising a thousand Men for his Majesty’s Service in the late
intended Expedition agst Canada, and of their Appointment
of Field Officers, Captains, and Subalterns, as also of the
Muster Rolls of the Several Companies from the 30**’ day of
May 1746 to the 31®* of October 1747 all Sworne to before
you and Certify’d by you under the Seal of the Colony.
Besides which Colonel Williams deliver’d me a Copy of a
resolve of the General Assembly pass’d the second Thurs-
day in October 1746 Attested by the Secretary of the
Colony, whereby your Honour is desir’d to advise the
Colonel of the Regiment to offer a Furlow to the Soldiers
that they might retire to their respective places of abode
untill they should have his Majesty’s Orders for Mustering
again &ca. In pursuance of which advice Colonel Williams
informs me they did retire to their respective Homes and
have continued there ever since.
I had heard an imperfect account of this matter before;
which I mention’d in a Letter to you, dated the 29‘h of
October and that it was a Circumstance, which, if true,
would raise such a difficulty with respect to M^ Knowles
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and my Settling the Pay of the Connecticut Regiment,
that we desir’d your Honour would be pleas’d to do it; for
that we must decline it: And I appriz’d you in the same
Letter that Knowles design’d to go to his Command at
Jamaica in about a fortnight;
I was in hopes that upon your receiving that Letter you
would have consider’d and settled the matter your self ; or if
you had declin’d doing it, that you would have transmitted
the necessary Papers for Mr Knowles and my Considera-
tion, before his Departure, and let us know that you would
not intermeddle in it ; For it appears from the Extract of
the Duke of Newcastles Letter, of the 30411 of last May to
me, which we sent you inclos’d, that the buisness of settling
the terms for the discharging of the Troops was Committed
to us jointly^ and that neither of us could Act by him-
self in it
However as I was very desirous of easing the matter
for the Officers and Men rais’d in your Colony as much as I
possibly could, and in hopes that the Circumstances of their
Case might upon my Examining into ’em have been found
such, as might have put ’em upon a foot with the Levies of
the other Colonies, I desir’d you, notwithstanding Mr
Knowles was gone, to transmit me the Muster Rolls and
other Acts of your Assembly relating to the Troops, that I
might inspect ’em and see what I could do; But I find their
Case to be so different from that of the other Levies, as
that I dare not take upon myself to determine in the
matter without Mr Knowles ; and all that I can do, must at
last be to represent the Case for his Majesty’s Considera-
tion, in as favourable a light as I can, which I shall do:
And in the mean time as you have advis’d this dismission of
the Men ’till they should receive his Majesty’s Orders for
Mustering again, which occasions the difficulty, I must
lave the matter intirely with your self.
There is another Circumstance, which likewise lays a
difficulty in my way: His Majesty, as you must perceive by
the Extract of the Duke of Newcastles Letter sent you,
order’d Mr Knowles and me as soon as we could meet
WILLIAM SIIIRLKY.
177
together, to discharge the Troops in his Name; and in
Obedience to those Commands we sent a written Discharge
of the Troops to all the Governours concern’d in the late
Expedition, in order to have it Publish’d in such manner,
as they should think most proper among the Troops within
their respective Governments; w^h was done by all of ’em
except your self, who have refus’d to do it: Now, if as you
inform me, your Government has not either Intentionally,
Literally or Constructively, dismiss’d the Levies of your
Colony out of his Majesty’s Service; and you will not cause
Mr Knowles’s and my Discharge of ’em, in pursuance of his
Majesty's express Orders to us, to be Publish’d within your
Government; what can be done in the Case, but to leave
these matters with you, who have thus taken ’em upon your
self: especially as you give me to understand in your Letter
that you are dissatisfy’d at his Majesty’s Signifying his
Orders to you by any Person but the Duke of Newcastle,
and have refus’d to comply with ’em in the point of dis-
charging the Men, when transmitted to you by Mr Knowles
and me: It isowing to your not being perfectly acquainted
with the Motions of the Enemy in Nova Scotia that you
ascribe the departure of de Ramsy to the Destruction of the
French fleets. For de Ramsy, who had pitch’d his Tents
in sight of his Majesty’s Garrison at Annapolis Royal about
September 1746 retir’d to Menis upon the arrival of the first
300 Men I sent from hence about the same time, and of his
Majesty’s Ship Chester sent by Mr Warren and continued
at Menis six weeks after the departure of the first French
Fleet under the Comand of the late Duke d’Enville and ’till
I sent the last Reinforcement from hence in the Winter to
Annapolis; upon the News of which he retir’d from Menis
to Schiegnecto, and our Troops thereupon took possession
of Menis in the latter end of December or beginning of
January and continued there ’till they were surpriz’d by the
Enemy in the beginning of February; within a few days
after which the Enemy retir’d again to Schiegnecto and
confin’d themselves to that District, ’till de Ramsay return’d
to Canada, which was before the last French Armament
12
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under Mr de la Jonquiere was met with and taken by
Admiral Anson and Admiral Warren, or at least before Mr
de Ramsay could possibly have News of it ; a party of the
New EngN Forces having in the mean time taken repos-
session of Menis and brought the Deputies there to renew
their Oaths of Fidelity before Mr Mascarene
I can’t take upon me to recollect what Expressions
might drop from me in my Letter of the 4th of Mar^ir 1746
to your Honour concerning our misfortunes at Menis But I
don’t remember that I meant to lay the blame of ’em upon
you, and I am sensible I never press’d you to send any of
your Levies to Annapolis, and that my mentioning your
denial to do it in my last is a mistake.
I have communicated to Colonel Williams whatever I
can think of, that may be for the Service of the Officers and
Soldiers of the Regemint of your Colony in procuring their
Pay and also of your Colony with respect to their Disburs-
ments for Cloaths and Arms, and am
Sir Your Honours Obedient
Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
Governour Law
[Superscribed] To The Hont>'e Jonathan Law Esqr Gov-
ernour of the Colony of Connecticutt ^ Co' Williams
[Indorsed] Gov^ Shirleys Dec'^'' 22^ 1747/^8 rec<i Jam 20*'’
JOHN READ TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Boston 29 Dec^ 1747
Your favour of the 13 of Oct^ last from Newhaven I
receive with thankfulness. And now pray you to Confer
with Col. Allen And then let me know what was the usual
allowance made in surveying large tracts of Land in the
rough woods, how many rods rough measure you gave for
a hundred rods plain or Just measure about the year 1716
& before & since. And how much you verily believe you
allowed in the several lines of My 10000 Acres of Equiva-
JOHN READ.
179
lent lands at Swift River. I should take as a favour if I
could have your & Col. Allens Oath, of what you know to
be the usual allowance in Such Case at that time. And if
you can come at it by any minutes then made or particular
Circumstances whereby you can perfectly remember it,
then your Oath of that Certain Allowance.
If I could come at a tollerable Certainty in this respect
I would desire to have Col. Allens Compass And desire you
to put me in the way to have the use of it to run my lines
by it, but I would have it put in good order & well touched
as you Commonly do it there & hath been used to be done
that it may follow it’s own track as exactly as may be. I
believe the Just people that Settled Kingsfield by them-
selves & their assistants have cut me off ab‘ 40 rods through-
out my South bounds & shortened that line at the East end.
And I believe that all the Monuments you made at that
South side from end to end are gone & demolished, for
this reason I must mak the most Exact trial to lay it out
Anew from Swift River bridge A mile & half with so much
allowance as to make it about or nearest half a mile to
Swift river & ab‘ or nearest a mile to Ware River this is
a Certainty appearing in your Original Survey & from ware
river run the line 3 miles East & by North with such
allowance as you can make me Certain upon Oath you did
make, & fixing my South East Corner there either by a
small brook or else a running Spring near Ware river
(tell me which). I believe all the rest will be Easy. I
would do it the beginning of April for my days are almost
spent. I pray you hurrey what I have writ & the plans
Sent, & write me by the first opportunity whatever you can
recollect or Judge will inlighten me. I am sorry to be so
troublesom, beg your pardon & remain In all Affection &
good Estimation
Yr honrs most humble serv‘
JNO READ
To the Honble Roger Woolcot Esq^
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WILLIAM PEPPERRELL TO JONATHAN LAW.
Kittery Decer 29*^ 1747
Sir
Your favour of the 30^^ of Nov*' Last was Delivered me
by Col° Williams the day that I was coming out of Boston,
And I got cold in my Journy home which has prevent’d my
Acknowledging the receipt of It sooner, and not any
design’d neglect of it w*=^ I Cannot but think has been the
fate, of my Letters to you, or I should in more than a year
since the Last, have had some other proofs of the contrary
Then your now barely owning the receipt of them
I had the Honr to receive from yo* Government A
Commission to be Lieu‘ General of the Troops rais’d there,
as well as from the other two Governments that was
concern’d in the Reduction of Cape Briton, & soon after I
got into that Citty I sent an Acco* to one of His Majestys
Principal Secretarys of State of the proceedings of all the
Troops, and was as carefull to represent the Service done
by the Regiment from your Government, as I was that done
by the Massachusets Regiments, and the Regiment of New
Hampshire and my kindness & care of Each of them, both
in the Camp & Citty was ye Same Althd I have heard that
some in your Government has Say’d otherwise, but no man
can say it w‘i* truth
I am determin’d by Divine Assistance Althd my treat-
ment may not have been so well As might be Expected, to
do all ye good I can And if you will write any Evidence
that is in my Power to Subscribe to & send it I will Exicute
it or if you desire me to waite on you in yo^ Government
for that Service I will do it
I Desire you will Excuse my free way of Expressing
my Self, And believe me to be as
I am Sir
Your Honours Faithfull &
Most HumWe Serv‘
WM PEPPERRELL
The Honourable Jon*^ Law Esq*" Gov*' of Connecticut
GEORGE CLINTON. — JAMES CHURCH.
l8l
[Superscribed] On His Majesty’s Service To The
JoN'^ Law Esq*' Governour of Connecticut Att
Milford 5/4
[Indorsed] S* W*** Pepperrells Decemb* 29*** i747/'8 rec*i
Jan* 26‘>*
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
New York 5“* January 1747
Sir
I have yours of the 30*** Decern* informing me of the
Success that Cap* Farrand is like to meet •with and if he
succeeds both he and His Lieutenant may be Assured of
my Commissions when Musterd ; and as a farther Encour-
agement to any other Gentlemen that will enter into this
Service I have Inclosed you Two Blank Warrants to raise
two more Companys for the like Service which you will
Please to fill up in the Names of such Gentlemen as you
may think Capable of Service & can raise each a Company
and if any Gentlemen will Assist them on this service as
Lieutenants they shall also have my Commissions I am
Sir Your Obedient
humble servant
G. CLINTON
The Hon*’'® Jon** Law Esq*
[Superscribed] On His Majesty’s Service NY 4: To
The Hon*’*® Jon** Law Esq* Gov* of Connecticut at
Milford
[Indorsed] Gov* Clintons Jan* 5*** 1747/8
[Carries wax seal bearing impression of the Clinton arms.]
JAMES CHURCH TO .JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford Jan^ 15 1747/8
Hon^
having your® dated the 13"* Instant in Which y* Hon*
Informs y* you have Rec^ Blanks from Gov* Clinton for
Beating orders for Two Companies to be Raised in this
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Goverment of 6o men Each Hom having desired me to
acquaint y® Dept Govr I went there Last Evening but his
Honour was Gone to Springfield but his son who had before
been with yr Honour desires yet y^ Hon^ would favour him
With a Birth he Expects his father Will Return home this
Day and Will on Teusday next with me Wait on your Hon*"
on This affair I should have Gone this week but Teusday
next Coln'i Williams had apointed for y® Captains of his
whole Regiment to meet att Milford to wait on y*" Hon^
and so am obliged to defer it till that time: and if yr Horn
then think Proper to Give me y® offer of Raising one Com-
panny I propose to do it as soon as Posible from y‘ time
Subscribing y^ Hon®
Humble & Obedi^ Serv‘
JAMES CHURCH
[Superscribed] To his Horn Jon’^ Law Esq*" Gov*" &®
Living att Milford
[Indorsed] Cap* Church’s rec^ Jan^ i8 1747
ELIAKIM PALMER TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE
TREASURY.
To the Right Hon^’i® the Lords Commissioners of his
Majestys Treasury
The Petition of Eliakim Palmer
Agent for His Majesty’s Colony of Connecticut
Humbly Sheweth
That when Your Petitioner had the Hon^ of At-
tending Your Lordships on the 14*1^ last Month with M^
Bollan Agent for his Majestys Province of Massachusets
Bay in New EngN, Your Lordships were pleas’d to Signify
to Your Petitioner that you were ready to Issue one third of
the Money Voted by Parliam‘ to the Colony of Connecticut
to reimburse the Expences they have been at in taking
& Securing to the Crown of Great Britain the Island of
Cape Breton & it’s Depedencies upon his giving Security in
ELI AKIM PALMER. MERCHANTS PETITION. 183
his Majestys Exchequer for the duly Applying and Account-
ing for the same.
That Yor Petitioner is inform’d that in some Cases
(such as Contracts for Provisions for Troops in His Majesty’s
Service & the like) a Bond given in the Treasury for Money
rec<i is Deem’d Sufficient, he Humbly hopes that Yo'' Lord-
ships will not think it Necessary to put the Colony to ye
Charge of doing it in the Exchequer.
That however Yo*" Petitioner is ready to perform either
of these Conditions humbly Presuming that a Discharge
Obtain’d by Yor Petitioner from said Colony of Connecticut
in their Legislative Capacity will Indemnify him from such
Bond as your Lordships shall think fit to require.
Yo*' Petitioner therefore Humbly Prays that
Yo*" Lordships will order immediate Paym‘ of the
said Money into his hands that he may send Advice
thereof to his Constituents by a Ship Just Ready
to Depart for America
And Yo'’ Petitioner shall Ever Pray
[Indorsed] M^ Agent Palmer’s Petition to Comr® of Treas-
ury for Payment of the Money to Reimburse the Cape
Breton Expences'*’
MERCHANTS PETITION TO THE LORDS OF THE
TREASURY.
To the Right Honble the Lords Commissioners of the
Treasury
The Memorial of the Merchants & others trading
to & interested in New England
Humbly Sheweth
That the Common Currency of New England has
Consisted of Paper Bills of Credit for more than thirty
Years past which by the Uncertainty & Remoteness of
their Redemption have lost more than Nine Tenths of their
Dated with pencil 15 Jny 1746/7; but is probably about a year later.
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Original Value to the Unspeakable Prejudice of the British
Merch*® trading there, to the great Distress of the Inhabit-
ants & the Ruin of many Thousands of People ; and altho’
the Evils arising from their Circulation have been long
known & Complain’d of it has been found impracticable
to redress them without the Interposition & authority of
Parliament.
That as several Grants have been made by Parliam*
for reimbursing the Expences of the Cape Breton Expe-
dition, & has the Exchange has risen in New England since
their Acco^® were stated from 540 to more that 1000 ^ C‘ &
large Quantitys of Paper Bills have been lately Collected
there in Expectation of the Possessors availing themselves
of that Difference; The Memorialists propose in order to
prevent a Misapplication of the Money that no part of it be
Issued until the several Assemblys there or (in Case of
their Neglect or Refusal) the Parliam‘ of Great Britain
shall have Adjusted the Proportion & have fix’d a Rule for
the Paying off the Bills of Credit, whereby the whole Grant
may be Apply’d to the General Benefit of the Colonies at
the most Equitable rate of Exch^.
That as the sums granted by Parliam* are Sufficient for
a Medium of Exchange throughout New England The
Memorialists further propose that they may be remitted
in a Coin calculated for a Currency in that Country or
in such other Specie as may have an Establish’d Value
fix’d upon it as a Standard for Estimating of private Debts
& to prevent the Notorious Abuses that the Publick as well
as private Persons are daily liable to from the Fluctuations
of Exchange
That no Inconvenience can possibly arise to the In-
habitants there by Postponing ye Paym^ as one of the
Agents has been directed by the Assembly at Boston to
place the Money as soon as he shall receive it in the Bank
of England until they have Determin’d in what Manner it
shall be Apply’d
MERCHANTS PETITION. 185
That it will be very Difficult for their Assembly’s to
agree upon an Equitable Rule for this Purpose, as many
Persons in the Administration of the Government there are
become Possessors of the Bills at a Depretiated Value, &
Expect to Receive near double the Sums they have Ex-
pended in the Collection of them, by which Means those
who have a large Share of Authority will not only oppose
their Interest to that of the Colonies in General, but will
probably have the Charge & Custody of such Sums as may
be paid to their Agents, & Consequently a Power of Detain-
ing them until the other Branches of the Assemblys are
Compell’d into their Measures.
That unless the Affair of the Paper Currency is taken
into Consideration before a Remittance is made to the Colo-
nies it will be impossible to put an End to the Circulation
of their Bills, as the Benefit some of them enjoy from their
Credit are too Considerable to be parted with, unless they
are Compell’d by a Parliamentary Authority.
That this is the most favourable if not the only Con-
juncture that has ever Occur’d for Retreiving the Credit
of their Trade, for Securing the Property of the British
Merch‘s interested there to determine the Power of Issuing
Paper Bills & for Establishing an Invariable Standard with
a new Coin or fixing the Rates of such Silver as may be
Transmitted for a Currency
The Memorialists therefore in Behalf of them-
selves and all other Merchants trading to & In-
habitants of New England Pray that no Part of the
Aforesaid Grants be by any Means Issued until
som Effectual Measures are taken by the several
Governmts there for Establishing an Equitable
Rule for Discharging their Bills of Credit & for
Putting a Period to the pres‘ Paper Currency or in
Case of their Neglect or Refusal not until the
whole can be Regulated by the Parliament of this
Kingdom.
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All which is Humbly Submitted to Consider-
ation by
JOS QUINCY
OTIS LITTLE
SAML CARY
JOHN DENNIE
JOHN POWELL
THOS GOLDTHWAITE
FONES
JOHN ROUS
NATHL COFFIN
BENJN PENKEN
JOHN SPOONER
RICHD KING
JERA GRIDLEY
WM BAKER
WM WILLEY & CO
CHAUNCEY TOUNSEND
CHRISTN HILBY
SAML STORKE
WM HODSHON
JOHN ZACHARY & C«
THOS SANDFORD
NATHL PAICE
ALEXDR CHAMPION
JONATHAN BARNARD
WM SILWELL
[Indorsed] Merchants Petition to the Lords of the Treasury
for Applying the Money due to the Colonys on Acco‘
of the Expedition to Cape Breton towards Sinking ye
Paper Currency*
ROGER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Windsor Jan i8‘h 1747/8
S’'
yours of Decf 10 I Reed but the Express Coming No
farther that Hartford Lost me the Opertunity of sending
an answer
My son Waitts upon your Hon^ With this to Acknowl-
edge your favor in Making the Representation to Gov''
Clinton by which His Excellency was pleased to send Word
that if before beating orders to Connecticutt he would favor
my son and being Informed by yours to Cap‘ Chh that beat-
ing orders are Come he Comes with Cap‘ Chh and humbly
prays the favor that you will fill up one of them to him and
I hope it may do well if your Hour will Consent he is very
Earnest to go and says Arms have been his favorite studie
♦Dated with pencil 15 Jny 1746/7; but is probable about a year later
ROGER WOT.COTT. — GEORGE CLINTON.
187
and y‘ by being Cap‘ of the Coledge Artilerie Last year he
has in some Measure Learned how to use them *
I am Informed from all Hands that the Comittes from
Boston and New york will Meet at Middletown the 20*'’
Instant I Expect these from Boston at My house today or
to Morrow I am at some Dificulty about it fearing the
Matter is Not fully prepared but those to Whome I have
Imparted my thoughts tell that Every thing of substance
is agreed to but the 400 men which is not so Esentiall that
the Expedition Depends upon it Therefore advise that we
meed and Consider What is needfull to be provided which
is what we have to do. I want your Homs Directions my
present thoughts are if they Come to Go with them to
Midletown where I hope in your answer to this I shall
be further advised
your Hour is pleased usually to fatten me with news I
can return you No thing but the Eccho of it but rejoice to
hear some advantages we have of the Enemy at sea and am
your Very Humble Serv‘
R WOLCOTT
To the Honabie Jqnath Law Esq^
[Superscribed.] To The Hon^^ie Jonathan Law Esq*'
In Milford These
[Indorsed] D Gov^s Jan'' 18 1747-8 and Answer 2i®t
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
New York 19th January 1747.
Str
I received a Letter of the 12‘h Ins‘ from Cap* Farrand
who had my Warrant to raise a Company in your Govern-
ment acquainting me that he expects soon to be Compleat,
therefore I send you Inclosed Two Commissions for himself
and Lieut, to be delivered them when mustered, that he
may March with his Men to Kinderhook & there to re-
* This son was Oliver Wolcott, who was later a signer of the Declaration
of Independence, Major General in the American Army during the Revolution,
and Governor of Connecticut.
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main ’til farther orders, with which he is to acquaint Major
Collins the Commanding Oflficer at Albany, when he arrives,
or go him-self. If you have Issued the Two Warrants for
Two more Companys to be rais’d also in your Government,
Pray acquaint me if you have any hopes of Success, other-
wise I must desire you to return them to me; as I can
dispose of them now in my own Government, at least one
of them, to a Person who can raise a Company. Cap* Far-
rands Commission must be Dated the Day of his Warrant,
& his Lieuts the Day after. I am Sir
Your most Hble servant
G CLINTON
Gov*' Law
Pray return the dates of both Commissions w“ Issu’d
[Superscribed] On His Majesty’s Service To The Hen'll®
JoN*^ Law Esqr Governour of Connecticut at Milford
[Indorsed] Gov'' Clintons Jan"" 19-1747^8 and Copy of an
an Answer Jan"" 26‘h
[This letter carries a red wax seal bearing an impression
of the arms of the Calderwood family of Scotland. ]
JONATHAN LAW TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Milford Jam 21®* 1747/8
S’-
Yours of the i8th Instant I rec<i I have given your Son
Oliver Gov' Clintons beating Orders. As to the Comt®®
Meeting att Middleton Gov' Clinton on my informing him
That our Assembly had ratifyd the Agreement of the Com'®
att N York signifyd to me That part of their Legislature
had come into part of it and that when it should be ceeded
to there, he would give me Notice of it. diverse Letters I
have rec<i from him since in which was not one word about
it, and this day came an Express from him to Boston with-
out any Acc‘ of his Legislatures Approbation of the Agree-
ment : but I find by their Prints That the Gov' and Assem-
bly are combating with one another, and this day (I
understand) is the day for electing a new Assembly.
NEW York’s commissioners. — Jonathan law. 189
I have heretofore given an Acc‘ of the State of Affairs
to Boston and that I did not see any Advantage for me to
call an Assembly to try whether they would agree to the
Boston Amendments till N York should agree, and I have
not any Notice from Boston of the Com‘ee.s coming to Mid-
dleton and can only advise you, that if your Orders are
sufficient for your proceeding that you dont intangle us for
I find that when we are so they that lead us into it dont
concern themselves to deliver us out of it.
In haste I Subscribe Yours to Coinand
J
L‘ Gov^ Wolcott
NEW YORK'S COMMISSIONERS TO CONNECTICUT'S
COMMISSIONERS.
Newyork January 26; 1747
(jentleuien
Inclosed you have Copy of our letter to the Commis-
sioners of the Massachusetts Bay, by which you will find
the Reasons why we cannot attend at Middletown this time
We are with very great Esteem
Gentlemen
Your most obedient hum® serv^®
wee Signd
PH. LIVINGSTON
JOS: MURRAY
H. CRUGER
To Roger wolcutt \
Thomas Fitch & > Esq^s
Benjamin Hall )
JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE CLINTON.
Milford Jan^ 26^1^ i747/'8
I reed yours of ye 19th Instant with the two Com“s shall
attend your Orders ab‘ them, how it has happend with
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respect to the Lieu* I suppose Cap‘ Farrand has informd
you. who is gone forth to fill up his Company. I hear
nothing from his Lieu* thot he must engage another, I wish
the Lieu‘s Com® had been blank, then I could have filld it
up. I cant tell yet how that matter will Issue. I had
informd Cap‘ Church of your beating Orders and he the D
Gov*' as I desirdhim and Cap* Church and Mr Oliver Wolcott,
the D Gov^s youngest Sonn graduated the last Comencement,
who as his father informs me, sustaind the Post of a Cap‘
in ye College et hunc horrentia Martis Arma, virumqe
cecinit. and makes Mars’s Divinity his favourite Study came
and took the order before I rec<i your Letter and the Gentle-
men promise themselves Success in raising their men and I
expect soon to hear from them. Govr Wolcott I hear
buried his wife the last week.
I Subscribe Your Excellencies
most humble obedient Servant
JONTH law
Govr Clinton
P. S The D Govr did inform me on ye iStii Instant
That the Com*ees from Boston and N York would meet att
Middleton on the 20*^ Instant and expected the Boston Gen-
tlemen at his house that day, but I had not been apprisd
of it from either place. I have since a Report from N
Hampton That two prisoners one from Quebeck the other
from Montreal who say 2000 men were fitting out on an
Expedition and that Gov*" Shirley has ordered ColP
Stoddard to putt his County in a posture of Defence, if true
I doubt not of your being apprisd of it
J L
JONATHAN LAW TO ELIAKIM PALMER.
Milford Jam 27 1747-8
S>'
Since I wrote you by this Conveyance Coll* Williams
has been to Boston by the Direction of our Assembly and
is returnd and by ye Copies of three Letters w^h I here
JONATHAN LAW.
I9I
inclose you will see the Stoppage intended of two thirds of
the mens wages for y Provisions found by ye Colony is
foregone by Shirley and M'' Knowls and by y sending
to discharge our new Levies on the 31*' of October last
they foregoe the pretence of my having dischargd y™
about a year sooner. I did imediately send a Copy of their
Discharge to Coll' Williams and all the men loyk upon
themselves dischargd from that Service and some of the
Officers and men are enterd into other Services and all
their Muster Rolls are made up to that time as you will
observe
On Gov Shirleys Request I have sent 65 men into his
frontiers and on Gov'' Clintons three Companies to protect
Albany County, fearing the Difficulties of that Gov‘ would
expose them which arose so high as to dissolve the Assem-
bly and att Boston so outragious a Mobb That the GoV
took sanctuary in the Castle, at new York the Same per-
sons are reelected *
I have sent you an Acc' of our Disbursements for
Cloathing and Arms tho we have actually paid out some
hundreds of pounds more for Arms than that acc' amounts
to as Mr Treasurer affirms to me. the Gunns being valued
at 10" when many of them cost 12" 14" and some 18" a gunn
w‘='’ is desired you would solicit for. As for the other dis-
bursements in the Canada expedition I would leave it till
you shall inform how other Gov'® fare or our poverty
compells us to beg for it. as it seems not to be within the
express Encouragement given by his Grace the D of New
Castle. Mr Shirley you see excuses himself by the Depar-
ture of Admiral Knowls
I hope you will have your eye upon Mr Mason, of whom
you have said nothing since you sent me a Copy of his
Petition
Sr If you think it consistant with good manors in me for
you to inform their L<t shipps of the Board of Trade from me
after 16 or 17 years experiments on raising silk That on such
encouragement given as would putt our people on making
♦This sentence is added in a different hand.
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necessary preparations for raising silk there would be no
necessity of ye Merchants sending up the Baltick and cross-
ing thro Russia into the Caspian Sea for raw silk, having
learnt of an old french man how to take it off of the Balls,
have kept it up to this time I and many of my neighbours
have fallen in w^^ it and I have sent an Engine so farr as
Cambridge and one of my family in an hour or two’s time
has taught Wigglesworth Lady to do that with it w^h ten
years Tryal had done nothing to. here is room for Mulbery
Trees and the Climate agrees with black or white. I have
been informd by divers Gentlemen from the Southward
where considerable is done at it That they have never
learnt any such advantageous way of taking silk off. from
the Balls as I have learnt of y® s<i french man whose business
it was in france
I just now rec<i a Letter from S^ W™ Pepperell wdn he
informs me that soon after he got into the City of Louisburg
he sent an Acc‘ to one of his Majt'es principal Secr^ of State
of the proceedings of all the Troops and was as carefull to
represent the Service done by Conecticutt Regiment as by
the Massathusetts and New Hampshire, and will sign any
Evidence that is in his power, which I shall draw and send
to him. but what further is wanting desire you would
advise me of, if any thing further should be. his Situation
is such as will render it chargeable & diffcult.
I am Sr Your Most obedient
Humble Servant
To Eliakim Palmer Esqr
ISAAC BROWN TO JONATHAN LAW.
Honerd
Sir my son the bearer hereof was one of the men that
Inlisted for the Canaday Expedition and now is about
another Expedition to albany and has some Incuragement
of a Lt Commission if he will fit himself and In order to do
that he wants his wages, and I beg of your honour to Let
him have them, the want of which will utterly Disapoint
his going to albeny
ISAAC HROWN. JONATHAN LAW. I 93
Sir I hope your Honour will Consider the matter and
give all Just Inciiragement to any that is willing to defend
the Country.
I am Sir y Honours most
humble and obedient Sert
ISAAC BROWN
Norwalk Ja^v 27‘h 1747/^8
[Superscribed] To The Hon^e j Law Esqr Att Milford.
Gov of The Colony of Conn“
[Indorsed] Browns Letter Jana^ 27 recev 1747/^8
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM PEPPERRELL.
Milford Jan^ 27 1747/8
Yesterday I had the favour of yours of the 29 ultimo
time when I wrote you last would not permit my saying
more than just the rec‘ of proceeding Letters, the Letter
with which you sent me a Copy of that which you had sent
Home I read it to the Council and shewd to the D. Gov
who told me that matter was made up whereupon I thot it
might best be buried in Oblivion
I have informd Esq^ Palmer of y® Acc‘ you say you have
given one of his Majt'®® Secry® of State and desired him to
let me know what further evidence he shall want of you in
favour of our Regiment and signifyd your freedom to any
thing you can do in our favour when he shall advise me of
any thing further needfull I shall request it of you and I
return you hearty thanks for your obliging oflferr therein
I have no greater Excuse to make for my so long
neglecting due Acknowledgments to you than the Pressure
of publick business which even alwayes lyes heavy on my
hands and assure you of my Disposition to amendment if
Opportunity and Circumstances will permitt
Your Excellencies
most humble and obligd Servant
JONTH law
S'' W Pepperell
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to S'" W“ Pepperell Jan^ 27
1747—8
13
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ROGER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Midletown Jan 30 1747/8
5’'
On the 2 1 St Instant the Comissioners from Boston
passed by mee To Attend the meeting at this Town on ye
22<i sent an Express to N york to Inform the Coma's there of
it on the 25th I sett out for Midletown and have been there
till Now waiting for the return of the Express he returned
last Night with a Letter from Gov^ Clinton shewing that
the time fixed for the meeting was Elapsed that he had not
had previous Notice of it: The supreme Court was sitting
the Commissioners some of them absent to Attend the
Election of Assembly men Levingston Not Well: and
that he Could not obtain a Coram
A letter also Came from the Com^s Excusing themselves
much after the same Manner, upon this Coll° Hall and
my self are returning hence this Morning without Efecting
any thing:
I acknowledge the Respect your Hon'' has shewn to my
son
The loss of my Dear Cinsort has so left me alone that
it seems as if all the Word is no Company to mee I am
your Hon's Very Humble ser
ROGER WOLCOTT
P S Gov' Clinton Complains of the Amendments (in
the agreement made at N york) made at Boston
[Indorsed] Depuy Governor Wolcotts Letter January 30
received February 3 1748
PROCLAMATION FOR A FAST.
By the hon'^i® Jont^ Law Esq' Governour and Coinander
in chief of his Majt'es English Colony of Conecticutt in New
England in America
A Proclamation
for a day of publick Fasting and Prayer
For as much as the Calamities of a bloody warr, in
which our Nation with y^ greater part of Europe have been
PROCLAMATION FOR A FAST.
195
long involved seem every year more nearly approaching us
in this part of the world tho remote from the Countreys
where it began, the evil Effects whereof we have not wholly
escaped altho God has of his abundant and distinguishing
Goodness interposd and averted great preparations of our
enemies to distress and destroy us, yet when we reflect
upon the little Reformation of our lives and mafiers and our
unthankfullness for so great Deliverances and the Disap-
pointments of expected Assistance from abroad against our
Enemies and the Misunderstandings and Confusions scat-
tered among some of our neighbouring Provinces and many
other difficult Circumstances attending us, without any pre-
sent prospect of any speedy Relief from the land of our
Ancestors
I have thot fitt by and with the advice of the Council
to appoint and do hereby appoint the Wednessday
in April next being the* day of the month to be
religiously observd as a day of fasting and prayer in all the
religious Societies in this Colony Hereby Exhorting all,
both Ministers and people to observe the same with becom-
ining seriousness and Attention and to joyn with one
accord, in the most humble and fervent Supplications That
a mercifull God would interpose and still the rage of Warr
among the Nations and put a Stopp to the effusion of
Christian & humane blood. That he would preserve and
bless our most gracious sovereign Lord King George, the
Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke the Issue of the
Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the royal
family That god would guide the Kings Councils, firmly
attach the hearts of his people to him, detect and suppress
all Confederaites and rebellious Inclinations and grant him
Victory and Success over all his Enemies by Sea and land
to the establishing a speedy and lasting Peace
That god would bless, prosper and preserve all the
British Colonies and prevent the Defection of our Indian
Allies and ^ticularly That he would continue this Colony
under his protection, perpetuate our priveledges civil and
The day appointed was April 13, the second Wednesday of the month.
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sacred, forgive our Iniquities, heal us of our backslidings,
encrease Virtue and true Piety, Direct us in all our
Administrations, Smile on our Churches & Schools of
learning, Bless us in all our coinon Affairs on ye land and
Seas, Grant healtfull and fruitfull Seasons, and protect our
Coasts and Borders and all gone forth in Defence of our
neighbours
And all servile labour is strictly forbidden on s<^ day
Given under my hand att this day of
february in the 2i®‘ year of the Reign of o;:r Sovereign
Lord George the Second of great Britain France and
Ireland King, Defender of the faith &c Annoqe Dom :
1747/8
J LAW
God save the King
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
5-
Fort George in New York
Feb: 1747/8
I receivd Your Favour of 26*1^ January informing me
that Capt Farrand had not yet compleated his Company,
which I am the more surprized at, considering the length
of time he has had my Warrant, & two days before I gott
your Letter I informed the Commanding Officer at Albany,
That I expected that Company to be at Kinderhook in
which I am sorry to be disapointed, as I am also with any
certainty of the other two Companys being raised, for
which I sent you my Warrants which I transmitted to you
in Confidence that no difficulties would arise in compleating
three Companies in your Government, But so much time
is protracted in the doing thereof that I could have accom-
plished it here in less time had not the urgency of the
Service pressed me to apply to you, and I now must tell
you two Companies can be raised immediately here by two
Gentlemen who have applyed for my Warrants ; Therefore
I must desire you will on receipt hereof send me an
GF.ORGF, CLINTON. JONATHAN LAW.
197
account ^ Express if those Gentlemen have raised their
Companies, & are upon the march to the Frontiers, but if
not to return me the Warrants which I enclosed you for
that purpose as the Service will admit of no delay
I observe what you say about the meeting of the Bos-
ton Commissioners at Midletown, and it is surprizing that
they should make appointments unknown to you or me for
our Commissioners to meet them on the twentieth of Jan-
uary, when the time for meeting was elapsed by the Agree-
ment, But as the Assembly of this Province will meet soon
I shall lay before them the Amendments of the Massachu-
setts Court to that Agreement, that they may ratifie the
same, and will do every thing in my power to promote the
Service intended by the agreement entei'ed into at New
York I am
Sir Your very humble Servant
G. CLINTON
To The Honbie Jonathan Laws Esq'"
[wSuperscribed] on His Majesty’s Service To The Hon^ie
Jonathan Law Esq^ Gov'' of Connecticut at Milford
[Indorsed] Gov^ Clintons Febr>' i, 1747/^8 rec'i y®
JONATHAN LAW TO ELIAKIM PALMER.
Milford feb'’ 2^ 1747/8
It slippd me in my preceeding Letters to remark to }'ou
That I take Notice, no Intimation is given in the Extracts
sent me nor in any of y Excellencies Letters That by his
Majt'es Order in Council they were appointed to adjust and
liquidate the Acc^* of the Canada Expedition as by y® Acc‘»
you give me the L^s of the board of Trade first and after-
wards the L^s of the Treasury were appointed to Adjust &
Liquidate the Acct« of Cape Breton Expedition.
I also may add that the Com''^ from N Y not coming to
ours and the Massathusetts conveend att Middleton are
obligd to break up. It has also happend That Coll' Lothrop
and the other Officers w^h garrisond Louisburg after the
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King took it into his own Care have chargd the Crown with
their Wages and given Credit for what this Gov* paid them
& design to procure W“ Pepperells Certificate of it and
send to you to move for it which I hope will furnish you
with sufficient Evidence in our favour
further I would inform y* the Com^s att N York Agreed
on an Expedition ag»* Crown point in April and the Propor-
tion each G* should bear in it and for carrying it on a Meet-
ing should be att Middleton on y® ii**' of Dec*’'' and all
depending on a Ratifacation of all the Legislatures of w®*'
speedy Notice to be given by each Gov>^ to the other Gov® a
Ratifecation was soon obtaind here of w®*' I gave Notice
accordingly. Gov"" Clinton informd me That part of the
Legislature came in to part of it. at length Gov® Shirley
informd me of their coming into it with divers Amend-
ments. and appointed y® Meeting at Middleton on the 20th
of Jan®. And Gov® Clinton sais the time being elapsd and
no Notice given to him or me of this Meeting on y® 2o*h of
Jan® his Com®s could not attend it
and am S®
Your most obedient humble Servant
J LAW
Esq® Palmer
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Agent Palmer feb® 2®*
1747/8
C M COLLINS TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Hd Sr
Your favour by the Kinderhook Express Came Save.
It is very Agreable to me to hear that a Gent“ of Your
Age, & Who has Gon through So many hardships, is Still
Dayly Endeavouring to Serve his Country of Which I think
You have Given undoubted marks, & for Which I alwayes
hoped You would As Well have been rewarded As Others,
but disapointm* Is often the fate of the best and bravest
men.
You may be Assured S® that if Your Son Comes here
as you Say as An Officer (as I have the Comand of them
C. M. COM.INS. — JAMES CHURCH.
199
Last new Levyes) I Shall Shew him All regard possible.
It’s high time if they Intend to Come that those Companyes
march, if We Expect Any Danger from y® Enemy it’s in
this Month & they Are much Wanted Now.
You Say S'" that you are About meeting the Commis-
sioners. &c &c please to Mind one thing we never (in my
oppinion) Can Carry on this Warr With Success Without a
number of Indians this is the grand point; I Am Somewhat
in A Hurry the Express Hurrying me Wherefore Excuse
my Scralle & believe me to be till Next Bumper(?) With
All Esteem & regarde
S'' Your most Ob' hu'® S'
C M COLLINS
Alby y® 3'! of ffebv 1747
Excuse this paper & Hurry
JAMES CHURCH TO JONATHAN I.A'W.
fab" 4"’ 1747/8
Hon<<- A'"
I have Inlisted by y' Honour* Proclamation upwards of
fourty men and it* Probible in a few days shall have my full
Number Pray your Honour* favour to his Exelency Gov'
Clinton for Commisions y' Hon' having left it with me to
Nominate a Lieu' I have Improved M' John Patterson &
pray y' Hon' fill a Commison in his name I have ordered
my Muster on satterday next week hoping y® Commisons
will be hear by that time they sent Down from Canterhook
last week to y® Dep' Gov' to Know how soon these
Compannies would be there they are allowed three Com-
panies at Canterhook of which they have yet got but one
and are in Vary Grate fears, but Chuse to wait for y® other
2 Compannies from us I Conclude y® Comm* will bare
Equel Date with y® Beating orders which is Jan" 4"’ their
Nescesitous Circumstances att Canterhook would not admit
of so long a delay as to send by the Post & so have sent a
man on Purpose M' Woolcut is not likely to go so soon as
I shall but I Conclude M' Farwin is gone before now and y'
will Give them Relief for y® Presant & will Get away as
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soon as Posible as this service is In Volved upon Honr
out of ye Common Cause of ye Goverments Buisiness look
upon it Highly Reasonable yr Hono'^ should be Rewarded
for it as for strangers & have sent by ye barer
from yr Hon» most obediant serv‘
JAMES CHURCH
[Superscribed] To His Horn Jon-*- Law Esq"" Gov*" of Con-
necticut Colony Living Att Milford
[Indorsed] Cap‘ Church Letter Feb^y 4. 1 747/^8
OLIVER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford february 4 A D 1747
Honered Sir,
This may give Intelligence to your Honour of the prob-
ability there is of my raising the Company of which your
Honour was pleas’d to Commit to me the Charge. I have
already inlisted the far greatest Part and expect in a few
Days to be filU and therefore Humbly desire your Honour
would purchase for Me a Commission that no Time might
be lost, the Lieut j have made Chose of is Nathaniel
Ripley of Windham whose good Qualifications I believe
Sufficiently recommend him to the Post, the bearer if
your Honour thinks proper will wait upon your Honour
with a Message to New York, the Kindness & favour your
Honour has Confer*! upon Me will ever excite my Gratitude.
I conclude with begging Liberty to Subscribe myself Your
Honours most Obedient
Very humble Servant
OLIVER WOLCOTT
[Indorsed] Capt Oliver Woolcott Letter 4*^ Febfy 1747/8
JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE CLINTON.
Milford feb"" 6 1747/8 5 o Clock P M
S^
I have just rec<! Letters from Capt® Church & Wolcott,
the first informs me that he has inlisted 40 men and expects
JONATHAN LAW. OIPEON WANTON.
201
to muster the next Saturday and chosen John Patterson
for his Lieu‘ and sais they have wrot to the D Gov"' from
Kinderhook to know how soon these Companies will be
there and the latter sais he has inlisted the farr greatest
part of his men and hopes in a few dayes to be compleat
and has chosen M"" Nathaniel Rippley to be his Lieu‘ the
Letters bear date the 4*'’ Instant and they desire your
Excellency would send the Com"® to me by y® Bearer that
no time may be lost.
As to Cap‘ Farrand I have not given your Com"® his
Lieut’® Mistake has delayd him he has enlisted near 50
he had a considerable part of them here on Wednesday and
keeps them, expects the rest here in the begining of the
next week with his Lieut and soon after to be on his March
and chooseth you would give him an Order to march to
Kinderhook as you signifyd to me you would have him do
if this Express may return before he marcheth
I Subscribe Your Excellencies
most humble obedient Servant
JONTH LAW
GoV Clinton
[Indorsed] a Copy of a Letter to Govern^ Clinton Februar
6 i747/'8
GIDEON WANTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
6>
You are not insensible that this Government is but too
much divided into Factions & Parties which well wishers to
the general Peace of Mankind would attempt all in their
power to put an end to, or at least to prevent every bad
consequence that might arise therefrom: This adress to
you springs from the most sorrofull apprehentions that
the Soberest & Best sort of People here appear to be under
on Account of a Commission said to be lately granted by
You to one Ebenezer Slocum, the purport of it I make no
doubt is in common form to Seize & Take from the Enemies
of Our Sovereign, but it is loudly proclaim’d by Slocum &
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his Confederates that they are determined to improve it to
the interruption of Trade only and in taking such Vessels
belonging to New England as they shall judge proper to
Seize.
That such sort of Men may be desperate enough to do
this is beyond all peradventure true and that the Merchants
here (and doubtless it may be the same with those of Con-
necticut) are as resolutely determined to secure their com-
mon Interest from falling into the Hands of those Persons
is as undoubted a truth.
Into what greater state of confusion this Government
may be thrown thereby, or what will be the fatal Conse-
quences of a contest of this kind for my own part I dread to
think on, And therefore to prevent the worst of Evils that
can befall Men in this life and that the Tranquility of the
Governments may be the better preserved I beseech you as
you tender the Lives of Men to grant forth a Supersedeas
to that Commission which am well assured had you known
the Intentions of the Persons that at present appear to
be concern’d in this horrid Scheme you would never have
granted.
I am with great Respect S''
Your most Hum’® Servant
GID: WANTON
Newport y® 8’’' Feb's' 1747.
JoN'^ Laws Esq'
[Indorsed] Gov' Wantons Letter Feb. 8. 1747 8
RHODE ISLAND’S REMONSTRANCE TO JONATHAN LAW.
To the Hon’’’® Jonathan Laws Esq' Governour &
Commander in Chief in & over His Majestys Colony of
Connecticut.
We the Subscribers beg leave most humbly to Remon-
strate to Your Hon' That the Maritime Trade of New
England being carried on in so loose & unguarded a manner
RHODE ISLAND S REMONSTRANCE.
203
particularly for want of taking out Cocketts* for, and
making exact Entries of Goods cheifly occasion’d we suppose
thro’ Ignorance of the Acts of Trade, that scarce any Vessel
own’d in New England but is subject to a Seisure either
outward bound, on her return Home, or both, and there-
fore were evil Minded Persons Enemies to Lawfull Com-
merce invested with proper Authority to lay hold of every
Vessel that should be so unfortunate to come in their way
attended with any of these defects this might in time
produce the most mallencholy consequences that can be
imagined.
That the Trade & Navigation of Connecticut as well as
that of this Colony (and indeed we might say all New
England) at present stands greatly exposed to Injuries &
Insults from persons who are altogether unacquainted with
y® nature of Trade & business especially such as relates to
Navigation, it being no secret here that the Commission
sirpposed to be lately obtained from Your Hon'' by One
Boone for One Ebenezer Slocum to proceed with against
His Majestys Enemies is not to be improvd that way but
they threaten to use it only against His Majors leige Sub-
jects the Merchants of New England by persuing & taking
their Vessels & Goods such as they think proper to lay hold
of And for which purpose those notable Gentlemen with
others of the same Class are about procuring a small Sloope
or boat and determind to equip her with Guns purely
to interrupt or rather put an end as far as in their power
to all Trade in General.
Certain we are that had Your Honr been perfectly
acquainted with the Intentions of the Persons concern’d in
this most extraordinary Scheme it would not have been in
their power ever to have prevaild on Your Hon^ to trust
them with any Commission at all And that Your Honr
would have as absolutely denied them as we are inform’d
* A Cocket was a document sealed by the officers of the custom-house, and
delivered to merchants as a certificate that their merchandise had been duly
entered and had paid duty. The term is now obsolete.
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his Excellency Govr Sherly did considering ’tis presum’d
from the intimations he might receive in respect to what
manner of Men they were, that both Friends & Enemies
might possibly meet with the same treatment from them
and the fair as well as unfair Trader if any such there
be might be sufferers alike and both equally harrased &
perplexd and that without hope of any remedy, for such Men
have but little to fear who have little or nothing to loose.
Full as certain are we that Your Horn (under what
specious pretence so ever that Commission might be
obtain’d) never intended it should be usd but according to
the true intent and meaning of it i e against his Majestys
Enemies and not to the distruction & ruin of his Subjects
the Merchants & those dependant on them.
It is not possible to represent to Your Horn the many
& fatal Consequences that will inevitably follow on the
Depredations Rapines & Wasts that may be committed by
those Men thro ignorance of the Laws or designs to violate
them but the very worst are to be not only fear’d but
certainly expected should they proceed to Act as they
Threaten: Nor do we apprehend the Trade of Connecticut
is less open to their Violence than that of this Government
for the reasons before given but were it the Merchants of
this Colony only that those Persons aimd their virulent
resentments at, we doubt not but Your Hour would readily
interpose and lend all Friendly Endeavours to prevent their
being made a Prey of by any whatsoever. And therefore
with the greatest confidence in Your Homs good Disposition
towards every thing thats just & right or tending to the
Peace & Happiness of Mankind we earnestly intreat Your
Hon^ to Issue forth a Supersedeas to that Commission
whereby an effectual stop may be put to those enterprizing
Gentlemens perpetrating any of their vile designs under
that colour either agt the Kings Subjects here or elsewhere
and Your Honrs Remonstrants as in Duty bound shall ever
pray
RHODE ISLAND S REMONSTRANCE.
205
S; COOKE
RORT CROOKE
CHARLES WICKHAM
GEORGE HAZARD
ROBERT HASZARD
Newport Rhode Island Feby 1747.
JOHN BANISTER
WM MUMFORD
JONA NICHOLS
JOHN CHANNING
WALTER CH A LONER
BENJA WICKHAM
WILLIAM CORY
ABRAM BORDEN
C: BOWLER
WM READ
EBENEZER RICHARDSON
PELEG THURSTON
BENJA tucker
HEZ: CARPENTER
GIDEON CORNELL
ROBT TAYLOR
JONA THURSTON
EDWD WANTON
CALEB GARDNER
JOSIAH ARNOLD
ROBERT SHEARMAN
STEPHEN WANTON
[Indorsed] Rhode Island Remonstrance by Banester &c
Feb [ ] 1747-8
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
New York 9*^ Febry 1747
Sir
I have just receiv’d your Letter of the 6‘h * with your
advices of the Success the Gentlemen are like to meet with
in raising their Companys by virtue of my Warrants. The
Inhabitants of this Province on the Frontiers have been
extremely uneasy That all the Companys provided for by
the Assembly were not raised before now, whereupon I
Probably intended for the 26th, of the previous month.
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assured them, that one Company (viz‘ Cap‘ Farrands) from
your Government was marched to Kinderhook, having sent
you his Commission some time ago for that purpose, But to
my surprize, I receiv’d Advice two days ago, from thence
that no Company from your Government was yet arrived,
w^h occasioned me to give orders to one Tenbrook, (who
had my Warrant from the Commanding Officer at Albany
before I sent you any) to march a Company he had raised
directly to Kinderhook, to prevent that settlement breaking
up, so that now there will want but two Companys to corn-
pleat the whole from your Colony. I leave it to your dis-
cretion who deserves the proper Encouragement, for I
think Capt Farrand has trifided with me much. Therefore
I desire That one of the Warrants may be returned, or all if
two Companys are not mustered, of which please to send
me Notice, That I may take measures accordingly for the
better Security of the Inhabitants of this Province, I am Sir
Your most Humble Servant
G. CLINTON
The Hon^’i® Jon^ Law Esq^
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston Feb^ lotii 1747
Sir,
As the Dissolution of the late Assembly of New York
has rendered the late Meeting of our Commissioners at Mid-
dleton fruitless ; I have thought proper to send by Express
to Govern^ Clinton to desire him upon their new Assembly’s
Agreem* to the Amendm^s made by this Governm* to the
Commissioners Report, immediately to dispatch Advices
thereof to your Honour & me, with Copies of their Resolu-
tions on that Affair, as also that they would appoint some
time for another Meeting of the Commissioners, to concert
those Measures that were left to be agreed to in a future
Meeting; and that they would also appoint a Place of Meet-
ing, and that to be the Town of Middleton, if possible; the
time to be as soon as conveniently may be, allowing suffi-
JOHN BUl.KLEY AND SETH WETMORE.
207
cient Notice for the other Governm‘s prepare for it; And
as I know your Honour joins with me in Opinion, that the
retaining the Six Nations and their Allies in our Interest, is
of such Importance that no Pains nor Cost can be too much
for accomplishing it, I would propose it to you, that upon
receiving Advice from Clinton that the New York
Assembly has agreed to our Amendm‘« your Honour would
have a Meeting of your Assembly, if that is necessary, to
impower your Commis''s to act in the Affairs
I am with respect
Sir, Your Honours most Obedient
Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
The Honbie Jon'^ Law Esq^
[Indorsed] GoV Shirleys Letter Febi'D- io'>' 1747 Receiv^
the
JOHN BULKLEY AND SETH WETMORE TO JONATHAN LAW.
N: Haven Feb^ 12th 1747^/8
May it Please Your Hon''
Col; Talcot waits on Your Hon^ at the desire of a Con-
siderable number of Gentlemen in this Colony to communi-
cate a design w^ they have formed, of fitting out a vessel of
force to Cruise on the Coast of New England for the pro-
tection of our Trade, & to ask your Homs Countenance of
Such their design ; & to Signify that in their Consultations
about it, They were lead to Think, that they could make
Such proposalls, for Improving the Colony Sloop Defence
on yr acc“ & Risk, as would be acceptable to Your Hon^ &
Councill. The Gov^ will unavoidably be at a Great Ex-
pence to fitt The Vessel & Man her for the Summer Season ;
w‘^ The undertakers are willing to take Intirely upon Them-
selves, & that The vessel in her Cruising Should attend The
Same Directions, as would be Given by Your Hon^ in Ca.se
She was fitted out on the Colony’s Cost; They are not
desirous y‘ any thing Should be done, but what is perfectly
Consistent with the orders of The Assembly Relating to S<i
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Sloop & believe That Your Honrs favour in this matter
would be very acceptable to all persons in this Colony who
are Well Wishers to Trade & have the Colonys Intrest at
heart. We hope Your Horn will Excuse this Trouble &
believe That we are Your most Obed‘ Humi® Servants.
JOHN BULKLEY )
SETH WETMORE t ^ ,
) & parts
Govr Law
[Superscribed] To The Hon® Jon'^ Law Esqr Govr of
Connect In Milford These
[Indorsed] Colh Bulkley & Mr Whitmores Letter Febrry
12th 1747/8
JONATHAN LAW TO JAMES CHURCH.
Milford febra 13 1 747^/8
I sent by your Messenger to Governor Clinton to send
me your Comrs and he has sent none but sais he has given
orders to Capt timbrook to March a Company he had raisd
directly to Kinderhook so that now ther will want but tow
Companies from this Colony.
Capt Farrand has begun his march this day If you pro-
ceed its probable you may have Comrs for one Company if
you send from Kinderhook and if you Can Contrive to take
Mr Wolcut for your Lieu* it may make up the whole matter
but what will be best I cant say. I send this open to the
D. Governor who may advise in this affare Gover Clinton
wold have one of his beating orders or warrantes sent back
to him
JONTH law
Capt Church
[Indorsed] A Copy of a Letter to Cap‘ Church febr^^r
1747/8
JAMKS CIIUKClI. — NATIIANAKI, P;KU.S.
209
JAMES CHURCH TO JONATHAN LAW.
fab“ 15 1747/8
IIon<i S’'
I Rec^i yours Last Evening by which I was Vary much
sirprized but I have been upon ye Move this several Days
and Many have been hear weting for ye Posts Return & all
had orders to March this day y‘ were westward to Meet
Me at Farmington I have also advanced several hundred
Pounds for arms & Clothing which I must loose if I Cannot
get it by wages & so will by ye Permision of Providence
Proceed direct to albany though my Confidence of honour
is Vary much Weakened M^ Woolcut Not being Read to
move Concludes Not to proced any farther till further
advice
from yf Hon® humble & obedien Serv‘
JAMES CHURCH
[Superscribed] To His Hoon>e Jon-' Law Esq^e Gov‘‘ &c
att Milford
[Indorsed] Capt^n Church Letter febi^u receved 16 1747/8
NATHANAEL EELLS TO JONATHAN LAW.
J/ay it please your Honour
On ye nth Instant came to hand your Letter of the 23<i
of January: And I must own that the Contents of it caused
no small Emotions and Arguings in my Mind; Lest my
Superiors in Age and Ability shou’d blame my Compliance,
and others who had more Reason to Expect this Favour
from your Honour should envy my Lot who had not the
least thot of it; But more especially, lest I shoud fail in my
attempts to furnish a Discourse suitable to the Occasions of
an Election Day att such a difficult Season as this is. *
*The discourse was published by authority of the General Assembly and
at the expense of the Colony in a pamphlet of 2 ff., 51 pp.; 16 mo; with the fol-
lowing title : The Wise Ruler a loyal Subject. A Sermon Preached in the
Audience Of The General Assembly Of The Colony of Connecticut, On the Day
of their Anniversary Election in Hartford, May i2t>>. 1748. By Nathanael Eells,
M. A. Pastor of a Church in Stonington. [Six lines of scripture.] Some things
omitted in the Delivery, now inserted in their proper places. N. London,
Printed and Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the Governour & Company, 1748.
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However your Pleasure and Authority outweigh these
Discouragements, so that I purpose (by the Leave of Provi-
dence) to serve you and the publick on that Day, as far as
God shall enable me. I ask your Prayers, That I may then
and [ ] all [ ] blick administrations. Not handle y®
word of God deceitfully, but by Manifestation of y® Truth,
commend myself to Every Man’s Conscience, in the sight of
God. I wish you Support and Direction from above under
the Care and burden of Government, and that you may
be long continued a publick Blessing to this Colony and
Land. I am Sir, with great Respect
Your Honour’s much obliged
and very hum^i Ser‘
NATHANAEL EELLS
SxONINGTON Feb. 15. 1747/8.
For Gov^ Law.
P: S; Sir, Twou’d be no small Satisfaction if you
woud please to signifie Your Receipt of this. N; E;
[Superscribed] For the Hon^i Jonathan Law Esq'' Gov-
ernour of Connecticut In Milford. Post paid
[Indorsed] M' Nathan^ Eells feb' 15 rec*! 25 1747/8
ELIHU HALLE TO JONATHAN LAW.
May't Please your How
I had the Pleasure of meeting Deacon Noyes of Ston-
ington here at New London who advised me that his
Brother Noyes Was at Rhode Island & the Occasion of his
Journey thither was on Acc‘ of the Difficulty that has
Arisen since the Agreement & Settlement of M' Brenton’s
Estate in the General Settlement when Y' Honour & Bro'
Hall was down in 1742 and the Deacon told me he did not
know in particular how it was, but he believed that it
would be Quieted, but in what Shape or Form he could
not tell Whereupon I told him I would wait on his Brother,
& know the State of that Affair. On Monday morning I
purpose to proceed, & design to Judge Robinson, & from
ELIHU HALLE. — JONATHAN LAW.
2 I I
thence to M*' Clarks, as Occasion may require
With due regards
Yr Honrs Faithful
Hume Serv‘
ELIHU HALLE
New London Febr 16^^ 1747/8
[Superscribed] For the Hon>’>e Jonathan Law Esq Att
Milford ^ Doc Horpin (?)
JONATHAN LAW TO GIDEON WANTON.
Milford febr 16 1747/8
5»-
I was very glad to receive yours of ye 8‘^ Instant
together a Remonstrance of sundery Gentlemen of
yours on the 15‘h when our Judges of the Circuit and others
were at my Table and more especially because there then
was lying before me a Petition of Sundery of our Gover-
ment for our vSloop of Warr to be fitted out by them at their
Charge and for a Comission I askd yr Advice (who are of our
Council) and they said the comon Report was that great
Mischief was done to his Maj‘'®® Interest under the pretext
and colour of flaggs of Truce whereby our enemies were
furnisht to make Depredations upon us by which meanes
his Majt'es Displeasure would be incurrd and Charters (so
dear to us) endangered and observing y^ Com" I had issued
was leveled at his Maj‘‘®s enemies only and such others as
should be carrying to them Warrlike Stores &c according to
his Majt'es Declaration of Warr and strict Command to give
Letters of Marque and Reprisal. That it would be dan-
gerous for me to supersede such a Comand I presume you
have many extant at this time tho I never gave one before,
however I calld my Comtek of Warr with whose Advise the
Ordering of the Colony Sloop has been wont to be left to
me who thot that the Direction of the Sloop Defence dele-
gated to us by ye Assembly was only for ye Defence of ye
Gov* and our Trade and that all the Com"® given by me
were founded on our Charter, but there having passd an
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Order of our Assembly in October last (a Copy of
Seary bad not furnisbt me with), the further Consideration
of the Motion was deferrd till that should be sent
I hope your Hon^ is not at all mistaken when you
charitably suppose me to be of a pacifick Disposition and
inclind to do g-ood to my fellow creatures. At this day
there seems to be too geni a propensity among mankind to
Contention, warr and Confusion. Such a Temper seems to
prevail in most of our neighbouring Gov‘s and I should
think my self very unhappy if I should be any wayes instru-
mental to promote encourage or abett any such thing in
yours, which I should dread in mine own and shall alwayes
value my self on the Charecter of a peace maker, which god
grant we may alwayes deserve
I Subscribe
Your humble obedient Servant
J L
Honbie Gov^ Wanton
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov^ Wanton febr i6 1747/8
SAMUEL LYNDE, JONATHAN TRUMBLE AND OTHERS TO
JONATHAN LAW.
Sir
The Apparent & pernicious Designs and Practices of
some of the people in the Neighbouring Governments of
New York and Rhode Island, in Carying on an Illicite
Trade with our Enemies under Colour of Flaggs of Truce,
Thereby Comforting & Supplying them the more vigor-
ously to Carry on the Warr, To The great prejudice of Our
King & Nation; W'^^ we Fear may Eventually prove
Especially so To This Colony; move us to adress your
Honour at This Time ; and The more Especially since we
are well Acqainted with The uneasiness of abundance of
The most Steady Thinking people in this part of The
Colony, imder The fearfull Apprehensions of what Evils &
Calamities may follow, if nothing be Done To prevent The
Increase of Such practices & Detect Those people who are
Concerned Therein; Hoping Your Honour & Council may
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find out some Method In part To Detect, & At Least To
free us from The Imputation of having- any hand in it, or
in the Least Conniving at it:
We Fear The Dutch aim at a Base Neutrality; Why
Else have They demolish’d Saratoga; Frustrated The plan
laid Against Crown Point, neglecting To Send Their
Comiss''s, & Using all means to retard & put a stop To any
Undertakings against The French; and Carrying on The
pernicious practice of Sending Their Flaggs of Truce,
Laden with Flour &c, & Corresponding with Them by
Land as we Apprehend; and If They designed Honestly,
we Can't but Think They would have Guarded Their Own
Frontiers, with forces of Their own Levying, with out
Asking Your Honour’s Aid & Assistance by Sending Com-
panies from us for That service: Indeed They Seem
unwilling To push any Thing against Canada and Crown
Point; and Should they Carry Their point To gain a
Treacherous & Injurious Neutrality with The French, This
Colony & The Province of The Massachusetts, must bear
The whole force of our Northern Enemies, who will There
have a place of Retreat & Comfort, when They have been
Imbruing Their Hands in The Blood of our people.
We Likewise Fear The Great Danger That This Colony
may be bro’t into, by The Treacherous Conduct of our
Rhode Island Neighbours, who seem not To Care, who are
hurt if They may but Carry on Their Trade & Get Rich
’Tho it be at The Expence of The Great Interest of The
Nation and at The Hazard of Their priveledges, & Even
ours also, if we do nothing To shew our Resentment of
Their pernicious Practices & To free ourselves from The
Imputation of having a hand in it or at Least Conniving at
it; and We are Credibly Informed That they are gott To
such Intollerable Insolence, as in The Light of The Sun &
Face of That Government, To Fit a Vessel of Warr, To Go
out with an Avowed Design To Sink (if need be) Any That
shall Touch Their Vessels which have been to Supply our
Comon Enemy with The Best Provisions New England
Affords: and In particular manner declare they will Sink a
privateer bound To Sea (with Your Honours Coihission)
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designing to Take & bring To Trial These pernicious
Flaggs of Truce.
Now if on Consideration your Honour & Council should
Think proper Imediately to order out .The Colony Sloop,
with Your Honour’s Comission as a Privateer To Take any
of his Majesty’s Enemies, or such as have been Carrying on
an Illicite Trade or have Contraband goods on board &c,
who may Thereby Justly seize & bring To This Govern-
ment for Trial such as have been Carrying on This affair.
We hope it might (with submission to your Honour’s Better
Judgment) happily bring These practices To an End: There
are one or Two more Vessels That provided They may
have The Use of Some of The Colony Gun’s, and Your
Honour’s Coraission, would go on The same Design: The
Return of These Flaggs of Truce is Expected Speedily,
before good Weather, and Therefore hope Your Honour &
Councill will find some proper Remedy Very Speedily;
That This Colony may Stand free from all Imputation of
Guilt, or Connivance at it: The Rhode Islanders have The
Last Fall Sapped our Interest by buying up w^’’ Their per-
nicious bills our best provisions for This worst of purposes
above mentioned : and are now out buying up our Cows &
best Stock what They can with Those same pernicious bills.
What The 111 Consequences may be, and what Remedy
applied, (unless That of a Special Assembly To Consult)
We humbly Submit To Your Honour — and are
Your Obedient Hum® Servants
SAMUEL LYNDE
Norwich FeVy 1747/8 JON'^^ TRUMBLE
JNO GRISWOLD
CHRISR AVERY Jun^
ISAAC HUNTINGTON
RICHD LORD
JOHN RICHARDS
JOSEPH FOWLER
JOHN LEDYARD
[Superscribed] For The Hon^ie Jon™ Law Esq Governour
of the Colony of Connecticutt At Milford These
[Indorsed] Colh Linde Trumbul &c feb^ 16 rec^ 25^^ 1747/8
GEORGE CLINTON. JONATHAN LAW.
215
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
Sir
Fort George in New York
17th Febry 1747
I have inclosed you Copies of Two Letters, just receiv’d
from the Frontiers touching the Designs of the Enemy, and
if I have any further Information of the truth of this Intel-
ligence you shall hear of it by Express. In the mean time
please to inform me, if any of the new rais’d Companys are
marched, otherwise I shall be under the Necessity of raising
them here
I am Sir
Your most H’ble Serv*
G CLINTON
Gov Law
[Indorsed] Gov'' Clintons feb'' 17^'' 1747/8 rec^ i9‘>'
JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE CLINTON.
Milford febr 17 1747/8
Sr
Nothing short of some presence of mind could have
guarded against something of Surprise when by yours of
the ist Instant I rec<J no Com"® for the two Companies you
had sent me beating Orders to raise, and I had informd you
that I had given y” out to Cap' Church and Cap' Wolcott
before you had informd me, that you did not know but you
might raise one of those Companies at home, for I did not
doubt of your betrusting me with the Com"® to be disposed
of according to your order, especially since I had informd
you I had not given up those you had sent me. On fryday
last Cap' Farrand having musterd his Company, on Satur-
day began his March for Kinderhook as you directed, tho
thro the Mismanagement of L' Darling his motion was long
retarded, and his Com" I have not had opportunity to de-
liver to him
Cap' Church informs me that having expended severral
hundred pounds in arming cloathing &c his men, should
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begin his march on Monday last and I understand by Cap‘
Wolcott, did accordingly who is come down to be advisd
by me and his father who is on the Circuit att Fairfield
whether to come down to your Excellency for further
Direction having been advised by his father and me to for-
bear any further motion till further directed tho he has
raisd his Company at considerable expense.
I have done all in my power to promote what your
Excellency desird and am sorry if any thing should be
discouraging to our people to give their Assistance when
ever it should be wanted
The Date I putt into Cap‘ Farrands Com“ was the of
December being the Date of your Warrant
I remain Your Excellencies
most humble obedient Servant
J L-
Govr Clinton
[Indorsed] A Copy of A Letter to Gove™ Clintont febr"''
17 1747/8
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
New York 22^ FeVy 1747
Sir
I have just received your Letter of the 17th Ins‘, by
Mr Wilcot, informing me that Capt Church and Capt Farrand
are March’d, whereby this young Gentleman is disapointed
which I should rather had been the case of Farrand, as he
was so tardy in raising his Company, & often Frustrated
my expectation & there is now no remedy left for Mr
Wilcot, but waiting ’til I can give him encouragement to
send his Company to the Frontiers, of which I have some
hopes will soon be done, being oblig’d from the Frequent
applications and Expresses I have had from Albany and
else where, to send Men that cou’d be first rais’d at any
rate to their Assistance, and as I have not time to write to
Mr Wilcot by this Opportunity you may assure him from
GEORGP: CLINTON. DUKE OK BEDKORU.
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me that I will take care to make his Son amends for the
Trouble he has been at upon this occation, and I was in
hopes you’d have Prefer’d his services to Farrands for the
reasons I gave you in my last.
I am Sir
Your most Humble Servant
G CLINTON
The Honb' Jonathan Law Esq''
[Indorsed] Gov'' Clintons feb^ 22<i rec^ 26**' 1747/8
DUKE OF BEDFORD TO COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
Whitehall 25**' Feb^v 174^
Gentlemen,
The King having been pleased upon the Resignation of
the Earl of Chesterfield, to appoint me to be one of His
Ma*^y’s Principal Secretaries of State, and to direct me to
take the Southern Department, I must desire that you will
address Your Letters to Me for the future. And you may be
assured, that I will be very punctual in laying them before
the King & in transmitting to you such Instructions &
Orders, as his Majesty may think fit to give for your
Guidance and Direction.
His Majesty having Ordered a Proclamation to be
issued to explain & inforce the Prohibition of Commerce
between His Majesty’s Subjects & those of the French
King, in consequence of the Declaration of War. I send it
you herewith, and am to Signify to you His Majesty’s
Pleasure that you do give Directions that the same be duly
observed where you are.
I am. Gentlemen,
Your most Obedient
humble Servant
BEDFORD
Governor & Comp: of Connecticut.
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PROCLAMATION AGAINST FRENCH TRADE.
By the King
A Proclamation
George R.
Whereas we have received information that some
of our subjects have secretly carried on trade and commerce
with the subjects of the French king, in direct violation of,
and disobedience to our royal prohibition, and in defiance
of the punishments which may by law be inflicted for such
high contempts and offences, during the time of open war ;
we therefore taking the same into our royal consideration,
and to the end that none of our subjects may pretend or
plead ignorance or forgetfulness of our said royal prohibi-
tion, and the true extent, meaning and import thereof, or
of the danger they are exposed to by their disobedience to
the same, have thought fit, by and with the advice of our
privy council, to issue this our royal proclamation, hereby
publishing and declaring, that all correspondence and com-
munication, as well by way of trade or commerce as other-
wise, with the said French king or his subjects, or in, to, or
from the dominions of the said French king, are and were
included in our said royal prohibition. And we do publish
and declare, that all commerce, trade and traffic to or from
France, or any other the dominions of the said French king,
and the exporting or importing of any goods, merchandizes
or commodities to or from France, or any other the domin-
ions of the said French king, by any of our subjects, with-
out our licence in that behalf, are great misdemeanours and
high violations and contempts of our royal authority, and for
which the offenders are liable to severe punishment, by and
according to the laws of this our realm. And we do hereby
strictly prohibit and forbid all our subjects of Great Britain,
Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Isle of Man,
Minorca, and the town and port of Gibraltar, and of any our
colonies and plantations in America, and all other our
dominions, that they do not directly or indirectly carry on
any commerce, trade or traffic, or export or import any
goods, merchandizes or commodities to or from France, or
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any other the dominions of the said French king, upon pain
of our highest displeasure. And we do hereby publish and
declare, that all persons offending herein, and acting con-
trary to our said royal prohibition, shall be prosecuted for
the same with the utmost severity and rigour of the law.
And we hereby strictly charge and command all our
admirals, captains, commanders of our ships of war, and all
officers of the admiralty, and commissioners of our customs,
customers, comptrollers, searchers, surveyors, and other
officers of our customs, to be faithful and diligent in seeing
this our royal proclamation duly observed: and all justices
of the peace, sheriffs, mayors, baliffs, constables, head-
boroughs, and other our officers and subjects, to be aiding
and assisting in the discovery and prosecittion of the
offenders, and in the preventing all such commerce, trade
and traffic, to the utmost of their power.
Given at our court at St James’s, the 19 day of
February, 1747, in the twenty-first year of our reign.
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston Febv 29. 1747
Sir,
The General Assembly of this Province presuming
upon their Claim to a Reimbursment of the Charges of the
late Expedition against Cape Breton have been employing
their thoughts to find out some method of improving such
Reimbursement so as to put an end to the present paper
Currency, and they have projected a Bill (which has had
two Readings in the Assembly) for this Purpose a Cop}'’ of
which I shall now inclose You As there are Bills of each of
the four Governments of New England which have
obtained a Currency thro the whole, it was judg’d proper
before any thing be finally determind here, that a confer-
ence should be had by Commissioners from each Govern-
ment that so if possible one general method or Scheme
might be agreed on; and You will see by the Vote inclos’d
that Commissioners have accordingly been chosen by this
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Government, and I must desire Your Honour to Recom-
mend it to Your Assembly to join in this Affair which is of
such Vast importance & for effecting which its probable
there never may be so happy an opportunity hereafter.
We have no absolute certainty that any Grant will be
made by the Parliament but there is great reason to expect
it, and our latest advices are that it will be done the present
Session, and the Assembly here seem’d to be of Opinion
that unless some speedy Provision should be made on this
Side the Water great endeavours will be us’d that these
Governments should be obliged to draw out their Grants by
Bills of Exchange, the consequence of which would be the
importation of Vast quantitys of Goods & perhaps the
Exchange would be set at such Rate as would be to the
great Damage of the Publick much beyond the present
Value of the Bills of Credit and what the generality of the
present Possessors have no equitable Claim to. The
Assembly have proposed this province to meet in because it
is nearest the Center, and as the Gentlemen can be best
Accomodated in the Town of Boston, It is proposed their
first meeting should be held there. The memorial Referr’d
to in the Report I have not sent a Copy of, the proposals
contained therein being much the same with what is pro-
pos’d by this Bill.
I have sent Letters of the same Tenor with this to the
Governours of New Hampshire & Rhode Island, I shall
Expect Your Answer as soon as may be.
I am Sir,
Your Honour’s most Obedient
Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
The Honbie Jonathan Law Esq^
[Indorsed] Gov*' Shirley’s Letter feb*' 29 rec^ March 10
1747/8
REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF MASS. GENERAI. COURT.
22 I
REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF MASSACHUSETTvS GENERAL
COURT.
The Committee appointed to take under Consideration
the Memorial of Thomas Hutchinson Esq'' & to make report
have maturely considered the same & are unanimously of
Opinion that the proposals in said Memorial may prove very
salutary to the Province and the Committee have prepared
a Bill, which is herewith humbly offered a Copy whereof
they are of Opinion shoidd be sent to the Governments of
Connecticut New Hampshire & Rhode Island and that it
should be proposed to each of these Governments to appbint
Commissioners to meet in this Province the 12‘h of April
next or as soon after as may be to treat with such Commis-
sioners as shall be appointed by this Government in order
to the bringing to a period the Bills of all these several
Governments in like manner as is proposed for the Bills of
this and also to Settle the Rates & Value of money in the
several Governments for the future.
All which is humbly submitted
Jacob Wendell by Order
In the House of Representatives Feby 25^^ 1747
Read & Ordered that this Report be accepted
Sent up for Concurrence
T Hutchinson Spkr
In Council Feby 26‘h 1747 Read & Concurr’d
J Willard Secry
Consented to W. Shirley
Copy Exam^ J Willard Secy
I Indorsed by Law] Report of y® Comm*®® att Boston
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
New York 2g*^^ Febry 1747
Sir
I find by a Letter w®^ I received last post That Capt
Church has marched his Company to Albany, where I shall
send Commissions for himself & Lieutenant in a few days.
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In the mean time I am endeavouring to take the Company
rais’d by Cap* Wilcot also into the Pay of the Province, and
I hope soon to accomplish the same with the Assembly,
of I shall give you the earliest Notice, that you may
acquaint the young Gentleman therewith. I am
Sir
Your most Humble serv*
G CLINTON
PS. I find the Expresses w<=^ I send through your
Governmt complain much that they are delay’d for want of
Horses, and they frequently tarry longer on their Journey
to Boston on that account, than the post. I must therefore
recommend their Dispatch & ready accomodation to you on
such occasions hereafter
The Hon^ie Jon^Law Esqf
[Indorsed] Gov'' Clintons feb' 29 March 7‘h rec<i 1747/8
JONATHAN LAW TO JOHN LEDYARD.
Milford March 2^ 1747/8
S’-
I herewith inclose to you the Certificates you sent me to
be signd
I also acknowledge the Rec‘ of yours with some others
of feb'y 6‘h
On the Motion of Colfi Trumble &c I calld my Com‘ee
in the Town and on y' being unwilling to do any thing
without the Advice of the rest of y« Com*®® I perswaded
them to go with me to New haven where I also had a
Council but on y® sight of yours &c they said it was not fit-
ting for the Council who would be lookd upon as the Gov* to
intermeddle in so tender a plott. I urgd it on the Com*®®
having a Coppy of the Act of Assembly in October last
and Colh Fitch was desird to draw up something proper
for them to do for such Improvement as was desird of y®
Colony Sloop, I expected Colfi Fitch and M' Syllimans
Company home the next morning to meet y® rest of the
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Com‘ee at my house, but they went without me and I
expected they would let me know when they returned but
they faild me thu the other Gentlemen were waiting for
them, and I expect them this Evening to consent to my
giving Order to Coll' Saltonstall to fitt the Sloop for a Cruise
as heretofore was usual.
I Subscribe
Your humble Servant
JONTH law
Mr Jn® Ledyakd
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Mr Ledyard March 1747/8
JOSIAH WILLARD TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston March 5, 1747
Sir,
1 am directed by y® Gen' Court here to apprise your
Honor of the Advice we have from our Agent by the Ship
from London yesterday, that a Grant was made in Parlia-
ment on Fryday the 4*'^ of December last of 10,200,000 for
the current year, ^800,000 of which is for paying the
Charge of taking and keeping Cape Breton by the People of
New England, and the Charge of raising Forces for the
Expedition that was designed against Canada.
There have been some Proposals & Endeavours, that
the Payment might be made by Debentures, nothing seems
so likely to prevent it as applying the Money granted to
redeem & finish our fatal Paper Currency, so absolutely
necessary to the Establishment & Preservation of Justice in
our Commerce, and so much for the Interest of Great Brit-
ain as well as our selves. This we are very sensible can-
not be done effectually without the Meeting of the several
Assemblies interested in this Grant; It is therefore hoped
that your Honour will call your General Court together as
soon as may be, that the Meeting of Commissioners may
not be put off beyond the time proposed, viz* the 12"^ of
April next, in order to their being assur’d at home very
soon, that this Money will be so wisely apply’d, and for a
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Purpose so absolutely inconsistent with Debentures or any
dilatory Methods of Payment.
I am with great Respect Sir,
Your Honours most Obedient
Humble Servant
J WILLARD Secy
P. S. The Agents Letter was dated the io‘h of Deer
& sent to Portsmouth a few days before the Ship sail’d
The honbie Governour Law
[Indorsed] Govr Shirleys of March 1747 rec<5 the 25
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
New York 5th March 1747
Sir
I herewith inclose You two Commissions for Captain
Wilcott & his Lieutenant in order to march the Company
he has raised for the service of this Province forthwith to
Kinderhook, where he will receive Orders from Colonel
Johnson his Commanding Officer. When he arrives, he is
to send up a proper '^son to Albany with his Muster Roll
to receive the Bounty, as also his own & L*s pay from the
dates of their Commissions, together with the Mens Pay
from their respective Inlistments, and I hope to have a
good accot of this Young Gentleman, as I have taken a good
deal of pains to promote him to this service. I am
Sir Your most humble serv‘
G CLINTON
Gov^ Law
[Indorsed] Gov^ Clintons March 5 rec^ ye 6 1747/8
JONATHAN LAW TO GORDON SALTONSTALL.
Milford March 5* 1747/8
S''
Having no Information of peace being made nor grounds
to expect any such good Newes according to Act of Assem-
bly in Octobr last
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The.se come to direct you to fitt the Colony Sloop
Defence for the Seas, and when you shall be able so to do,
to give me Notice y of That I may with the Advice of the
Com‘ec of Warr appoint Officers &c and give proper In-
structions
How the Motion of some Gentlemen for the Improve-
ment of ye Sloop succeeded or rather miscarryd I have
given an Account to Ledyard
I Subscribe
Your humble obedient Servant
JON'rH law
Coll' Gurdon Saltonstall
[Indorsed] A Copy of a Letter to Coll' Saltonstall March
5‘h 1747/8
JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE CLINTON.
Sir
Milford 6"’ March 1747
Sunday 6 Cl° P. M.
I just now received yours of Yesterday with the Com-
missions, shall take Care forthwith to Transmitt them to
Capt. Wolcott; Capt Farrand begun his March Saturday
was Three Weeks, and Cap' Church on Monday after I
have only learnt their Arrival at Sheffield, and presume
you may have heard of their being at Kinderhook before
this Time Lieu' Darling has had his Comission
I Subscribe your Excellency’s Obedient
Humble Servante
J L
Gov^ Clinton
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov'' Clinton March 6 1747
JONATHAN LAW TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Milford March 6"' 1747/8 Evening
N-
Having just rec^ a Letter from Gov' Clinton a Copy
whereof I here inclose to you with a Com" for your Son
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Oliver and a Lieu‘ whose Name I have not putt in (least it
should be wrong) and leave it for you to fill up:
I rejoyce with you that it turns out better than our
fears
If you think it proper to charge the Gov‘ with this
Express you will draw on the Treasury for it otherwise you
will satisfy him for his trouble.
The Comtee near me being disappointed of any further
Opportunity with Fitch and Sylliman have agreed to my
directing ColF Saltonstall to fitt the Colony Sloop for the
Seas, that She may be ready for a Cruise and I expect by
the Post tomorrow to send him an Order accordingly.
This is the needfull at present from
Your Hour’s very humble Servant
JONTH law
R Wolcott Esqr D. G
P S my Regards to the Gentlemen with you
J L
[Indorsed] A Copy of a Letter to Deputy Govr Wolcott
March 6*^' 1747/8
ROGER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford March 1747
Yesterday I Received the Packet Respecting ye calling
in our paper currency &c Directed to your Horn from Gov-
ernour Sherly under Cover Superscribed to Me and with
Advice of the Gentlemen of the Council presumed to open
it and as I found it to Contain Matters of very great import-
ance Respecting this and the other Governments in New
England concluded your Honour would Expect the Gentle-
tlemens thot’s with mine upon the Affair have therefore
Advised with them in the Matter and thereupon take Liberty
to Suggest to your Honour that we apprehend the matter to
Deserve the best Consideration of all the Governments and
that a Meeting of Commissioners from them will be very
Necessary but as the Calling of y^ Assembly will be attended
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with Great Expence and it being .so Near the Stated sessions,
would humbly propose to your Honour whether it might
not be proper to write to M*" Sherly to Know if Commission-
ers appointed by your Honour with the advice of Council in
order to meet y® Commissioners of other Governments and
with them to Agree on some General Scheem of proposals
to be Laid before our Assembly in May will not be so far
acceptable as that the matters may be in some forwardness
for being perfected at Said Sessions or something like this
which your Honours better Judgement will Direct and if so
that your Council be called to meet as soon as the Circuit is
over for that purpose, but not presuming to Direct but only
to hint the Gentlemens tho’ts with mine Leave the conduct
to your Honour who is better Able to Manage than 1 can
pretend to Advise, hoping your Honour will Excuse the
freedom I have taken and with Candour accept this from S^
your Honours most obedient
Humble Servant
R WOLCOTT
The Honourable Jon'^'h Law Esq^
[Indorsed] D Gov''® Letter March 8‘h rec*! lo 1747/8
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston March ii, 1747
Sir ;
The Advices we have had from divers Parts of a great
Army of French & Indians fitting out from Canada for
attacking some of the English Settlem‘® makes it very
necessary that our Frontiers should be well strengthened
to receive the Enemy, if they should direct their Course
this way; And therefore I must (upon the Request of our
General Court) desire that your Honour would be pleas’d
to order the raising of two hundred able bodied Men well
armed, to march without delay into the County of Hamp-
shire for defence of our Frontiers in those Parts during the
Summer Season, And that your Officers follow such Orders
as they shall receive from Col° John Stoddard, or in his
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Absence from the next Officer in his Regim* of Militia.
I am, Sir, with respect
Your Honour’s most Obedient,
Humble Servant,
W. SHIRLEY.
The honbie Govern^ Laws
[Indorsed] Govr Shirleys March iitii 1747 rec^ 20^^
SETH WETMORE AND THOMAS GOODWIN TO
JONATHAN LAW.
Middletown March 14^11 1748
May Please Your Honour
Your Honour will Remember that when we were at
New haven in fEeb^y on the account of the Company that
made a Motion to your Honour to lett us have the Country
Sloop to Cruise &c, and that we would fitt her &c and when
your Honour had Advised with the Council &c gave us
Encouragement that on Coll° Fitch’s Return we Should
hear more from Your Honour which we Expected; But on
Coll° Fitch’s coming to Hartford heard no News; But
Since we have been favour’d with an Acc“ from his Honour
the Deputy Governour, that your Honour hath Order’d the
Sloop to be fitted &c, which we flatter our Selves is upon
our Proposalls; and if your Honour doth not Incline to
Enter into a Charter party & Covenant with us we are
Willing to take her and Depend on the Honour of the Gov-
erment: If your Honour will put her in Commis.sion &
.will give us the Liberty to Nominate a Cap‘ we will pro-
ceed to Ship the Hands and Sail her untill the Generali
Assembly in May & then Make our Address to the Assem-
bly to be further directed and We would Ask the favour
of an Answer in Writing to ns that we may Conduct our
Selves accordingly.
Your Honours answer will oblige
Your Honour’s most Humble
& Most Obedient Servants to Command
SETH WETMORE
THOS GOODWIN
JONATHAN LAW. — GURDON SALTONSTALL.
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[Superscribed I To The Honourable Jonathan Law Rsq''
Governour of the Colony of Connecticutt
[Indorsed] Wetmores and Goodwin March 15‘h and a
Copy of a Letter to them the 16 Instant 1747/8
JONATHAN LAW TO SETH WETMORE AND
THOMAS GOODWIN.
Milford March 16 1747/8
Gentlemen
Yours of the 15^*' Instant is before me and I can onley
inform you that I have with the Advice of the Com‘ee
pursuant to the Act of the Assembly in October Last
directed Coll' wSaltonstall to fitt the Sloop for the Seas with
an intent to Improve Cap' Burnham to go on a Cruise as
usual heretofore, the Council did not Advise to Let her
out. and Coll' Fitch was desird by Gentlemen of the Comt^e
to draw a plan or Sheme for it that they might see how it
might be done but he did not do it and So Came into the
Conclusion as above sde
JONATH law
Mess'** Wetmore and Goodwin
GURDON SALTONSTALL TO JONATHAN LAW.
New London March 19"’ 1747/8
Honf’‘‘
Your Commands of the 5"* Ins' rec<i in due time; &
pursuant thereto am now fiting the Sloop for the Seas, &
by the first of April she’l be in Circumstances, to receive
the Officers & men.
Y' Hon's Most Obed' Hum® Serv'
[Superscribed] To The Hon^'e Jonathan Law Esq' Gover-
nour att Milford
[Indorsed by Law] Coll' Saltonstalls March I9"* 1747/8
rec<i 2 1®'
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JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford March 19‘h 1747/8
Yours of febr 29th I rec<i on the Instant from D
Gov'' Wolcott which coming under Cover to him he open’d
and the matters proposed being of great Consequence he
and the Gentlemen with him thot his and their Sentiments
about 5mur proposal to me would be very acceptable and
accordingly suggest to me that the affair deserves the best
Consideration of all the Gov‘® but in as much as the Calling
an Assembly will be attended with great Expence and the
stated Sessions is so near, That if Comr® appointed by me
and the Council might be joynd with those appointed by
ye several Assemblies, I might enter into measures accord-
ingly but I dont remember any one Instance of that kind for
which there was not an Act of the Assembly desiring and
directing me with advice of the Council to do it
I have rec<^ a Letter from our Agent of y® of Nov’’''
last wherein he informs me That y® Lords of the Treasury
had not then settled the Exchange in reference to the Cape
Briton Expences, and some other Difficulties not then gott
over so that then ye Acc’® were not adjusted and liquidated
and prepared to be joynd with the Estimates to be laid
before y« Parliament Presumptions in the law are relyd on,
but in this matter of State I do with patience wait for it and
shall rejoyce when there shall be no further Occasion for
hopes, and indeed I cant but hope That in case we could
sink so many of our Bills as our Reimbursements when
obtained will enable us to do. That it will be much easier
to call in our outstanding Bills, than to pay the Silver with
the Interest for and within twelve years for the money
which we must borrow and run the hazard of its coming &
returning to great Britain by w"’' our Inheritances may be
all exposed. And I observe The Report of your Com’®^ is
That Com'‘s be appointed to treat with yours in order to
bringing to a period all the Bills of the several Gov’® in like
maner as is proposed for the Bills of your Gov’, which is
by borrowing Silver of Gentlemen in great Britain and
JONATHAN LAW.
231
plighting the faith of the Gov‘s for paying ye same with
Interest within twelve years from which Burthen and
Danger I can no wayes solace my self, with any expectation
of Deliverance but by trusting that I shall not live to see it,
yet I would not be guilty of forgetting my Survivors,
indeed yours is a Trading Province and may recover the
Silver but this consists of Farmers void of that Advantage
who must comply with y« Demands of y® Possessors if there
shall be any
Your most humble obedient Servant
J LAW
P S. March 2o‘h P M 6 of y® Clock I rec^ Yours of y®
iph Instant and have sent an Acc‘ y'’of to the Com‘®® of
Warr att Hartford to whom the Care of the northern
Frontiers was delegated by the Assembly.
J L
to his Excellency W Shirley Esq''
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov'' Shirley March 19^*'
1747/8
JONATHAN LA-VV TO THE COMMITTEE OF "WAR.
Milford March 20‘h 1747/8 7 Clock P M
Gentlemen
I send you a Copy of Gov'' Shirley’s Letter just Rec<i
by which you will see That at the desire of the Assembly
att Boston 200 men are sent for not only for the present
Emergency but to abide there the whole of the Sumer
whether the Act of our Assembly dos Enable you to send
men for So long a time I dont Remember, but if it dos and
by the Accounts you have it Seemes needfull you will Act
accordingly, its not Long to the Assembly.
The Messenger informs me that he hears one man was
Kild and one taken and tow wound at nomber 4 on muday
Last by about 20 french and Indians if it be So I Conclude
you will have the Certainty of it.
By my Brother Cap' Hall from New York Last week
was informed that Justice DeLancey’s opinion was the
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french would not Adventure for fear of a thaw, and by M*"
Elihu Lyman who came Yesterday at lo of the Clock from
New York that a special Post Came in from Albany tow
dayes before he Came away but I have none yet Come to me.
I had a Letter from Gov'' Wolcott inclosing a Letter &c
from Governour Shirley, Moving me to Call an Assembly
in order to putt a period to our Bills by borrowing Silver in
England to Redeem them by which Letter from GoV Wol-
cott I was advised to Call a Council for the Appointing
Comrs to go to Boston Concerting Measures about it but it
seemes to me not fitting without a previous Order of the
Assembly, Neither Can I approve of the Boston Scheme
which seems to me dangerous but well Calculated to defeat
all the views we have had for setting up a Differance in our
trade from them and making a Distinction between there
Bills and ours and I have given an Answer Agreeable to
these Principles
J Law
Coll' Stanles & the rest of the Com'e of warr
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to ye Com'ee of Warr March
20"' 1747/8
JONATHAN LAW TO GIDEON WANTON.
Milford March 21 1747/8
Thes Come to inform you That I have orderd our
guard Sloop to be fitted for the Seas and to desire your
Sloop may be orderd to go in Consort with ours as has been
usual and More especially since the Account from the
Havanna is that Don Pedro with twenty Sail of Privateers
is Designd for the Capes of De la ware Bay in April next
and may straggle on to our Cost
I Subscribe Your Honers
Obedient humble Servant
J L
to his hon'’*® Gideon Wanton Esq^
[Indorsed] A Copy of Letter to Gove^ Wanton March 21
1747/8
JOHN LEDYARD AND JEREMIAH MILI.ER.
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CALEB GRISWOLD TO JONATHAN LAW.
Wethersfield march 21 1748
Ilonnord
your Honor was pleased to appoint me master of the
Coleny Sloop Defence the year past and I hearing- that
Shee is fitting for Service as usull I Should be verry willing
to Serve in S'* post if it be agrable to your Honnor Hoop-
ing I have discharged my Betrustment to the Satisfaction
of your Ho[ ]r but with dew Submison to your honnor
I take leave to Svrbscribe my Self your Honnors obedient
And Humble Servant
CALEB GRISWOLD
[Superscribed] To the Honr'e Jonathan Law Esq*- Govener
of His Majesties Coleny of Conecticut in Newengland
[Indorsed by Law] Master Griswold
JOHN LEDYARD AND JEREMIAH MILLER TO
JONATHAN LAW.
May it Please y’' Honour
At the Desire of a Friend we take ye Liberty to inform
your Honour that the Bearer hereof M^ David Gardiner
jum is a Gentleman of good Charrecter and Intrest his Bond
for a valuable Sum of money We Esteem Sufficient
S'- Yr most Ob* Hum® Serv*®
JOHN LEDYARD
JER: MILLER
New London 26 March 1748
The Hon'e Jon*^ Law Esq*"
[Superscribed] To The Hon'e Jon*^ Law Esq*" at Milford Jj?
M* D Gardiner
[Indorsed] M^ Miller and Ledyards rec** March 30"' 1748
JONATHAN LAW TO JEREMIAH MILLER.
Milford March 30"' 1747/8
N’-
by Mr Gardner you have inclos’d a Commision to Mr
Joseph Hurlbutt and a bond to be Executed by him and
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others who will inform you in that Particular, after the
Bond is Executed you may Deliver the Com®“ to Hurl-
butt and Send me the Bond Cap‘ Hurlbutt® not being here
occasioned this Trouble to you, you’l give M"" Hurlbutt the
oath of Allegiance &c and am S'"
Your Humble Servant
[Indorsed] A Copy of a Letter to Mr Miller March 30 1748
JONATHAN LAW TO MICHAEL BURNHAM.
Milford March 30 1748
This Comes to order and Direct you to repair to New
London and take Care of the Colony Sloop Defence with
the officers who servd under you the Last Summer And
Shipp on board her Eighty Able bodied Effective Men
including Officers and as Soon as may be proceed on a
Cruise as heretofore from the West end of Long Island to
Martha’s Vineyard and if it may be in Consort with the
Rhoad Island Guard Vesell and Continue your Cruises till
further Order, to all which the Com‘ee of warr have Con-
sented
Given Under my hand the Date Above
JONTH law
to Mr Burnham
[Indorsed] A Copy of A Letter to Capt Burnham March 30
1748
ROGER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Norwich March 31®* 1748
S’-
I take this opertunity by Mr Siliman to return you my
thanks for the Care you took of my sons Com" and to
Inform you that he began his March from Hartford last
Satursday with his Company Not full the reason Whereof
was sundry men he had Inlisted did not appear at his
Muster and 8 or 10 that had Inlisted in the County of
Hamshire Coll° Stodard struck of by Impressing them on
RO(JER WOLCOTT. — JONATHAN LAW.
235
News of the Mischief done at Number 4 he has left his L'
behind to bring forward the Remainder and I hope all will
be to the satisfaction of Gov*' Clinton since all possible Dis-
patch has been made by him since he rec^i his Com"
This day I hope to finish this Tedious Circuitt which
has been Extraordinary for length of time severity of
Weather muliplicity of Bussiness and a Wonderfull Endeavor
in the Attorneys to fix the matter firm in our Memories by
repeating all their arguments over and over and over again
to us in their pleadings *
There is swiming in these parts a Currant report that
your Honr has Got positive orders to send us on an Expedi-
tion agf Canada this summer I have Given my uttmost
attention to hear what observations the people Generally
Make on this News but Can hear of None but only this that
it has brought the officers in the late Canada Expedition
into the pangs of the New birth
Give my service to Madam Law Maj Newton and all
friends and alwaies remember how much I desire to be
Esteemed
Your Very Humble Serv‘
R WOLCOTT
To Gov^^ Law
[Superscribed] To The Hon^t>'® Jonath” Law Esq"" In
Milford pr E Siliman Esq^
[Indorsed] M D G Wolcott March 31 1748
JONATHAN LAW TO JOHN LEDYARD.
Milford May 1748
S’-
Having Duplicates of the Kings Proclamations and his
Instructions about Privateering I thot it might fully answer
*The Superior Court was established in 1711. It was to hold two sessions
annually in each of the four counties. It was at first composed of a chief judge
and four other judges, any three of whom were to constitute a quorum. The
governor was appointed the chief judge, and the remainder were four dis-
tinguished members of the Council. In the absence of the governor, his place
was occupied by the deputy governor, and it was still very early in the history
of the court when the latter came to be commonly chosen to preside. Loomis
and Calhoun. Judicial and Civil History of Connecticut, p. 131.
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what you wanted to send you one his Majties Instructions
with such a Certificate on it as I have made and I would
only inform you That yesterday I rec<^ a Letter from the D
of Bedford Secry of State enclosing a Proclamation from
his Majty which confirms me in my Opinion That his Maj*'®®
Proclamation of Warr did enable me to issue Letters of
Marqe and explains his Majesties Intention to have included
such as are coming from as well as going to french Ports
w®^ I did not putt into my Com", without doubt y® same
Proclamation is sent to Boston as is came to me w®h you
pray see consider and improve if Occasion so require
from your humble Servant
JONTH law
John Ledyard Esq^
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Ledyard May 7 1748
JOHN STODDARD TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
N™ Hampton May 22, at night, 1748
S’'
I Recy<i your’s of the 14 Instant by which I perceive
that it has been Represented to you that there was some
uneasiness in your Souldiers at the proposal of some of them
going to Cob Hinsdals. but I Believe the truth of the
Matter is thus, that when they were in this Town there
were Several of them very willing to go, when they got to
Deerfield the Inhabitants having a desire to have them
tarry there. Endeavoured to discourage them, hoping there-
by to Engross them, and some of their Officers had some-
thing of a fondness for keeping their whole Company
together, but I don’t pretend to know how far they sided
with the Inhabitants, but have been often told that when
the Officers drew out the Men, there were Sixteen men
Offered themselves to go.
Last night after I was in bed I recy<i your’s of y® 20‘h
wherein you propose that I should give Orders for the Post-
ing of the 80 men, which seems at present almost Impractic-
able because I have not been advised who the Officers are
JOHN STODDARD.
237
nor where they may be found, and I am going to Morrow
Morning to Boston to Attend our Assembly which I thought
necessary to Inform you of, that you might give the
necessary Orders to direct their Marching in the Shortest
Roads, and it would seem Something Strange for me to
give Orders for your mens Marching whilest in your
Government.
I propose that the men be Posted in the following
manner viz
at New-Hampton
20
New-Hampton is
at Blanford
16
at present deserted.
at Brewers at 12 Mile Pond
8
but I hope we shall
at New Marlborough
8
be able to perswade
at Stockbridge
15
them back again, if
at the upper Parish in Sheff^
we can’t there will be
80
a great number of
farmers in this and the neighbouring Towns that will quit
their habitations as they have done.
I look upon it that the number sent a very Scanty
supply for the Protection of so many places, and all Cir-
cumstances being considered I can’t think but that the
above Division of them is right.
you Intimate in your Letter that so small a number of
the Enemy’s giving us so much disturbance is an Indication
of Heavens Displeasure, and is a call for Repentance of our
Sins, which is doubtles true but our unhappiness is that we
can be sensible of vSins in Generali and in others, but no
Body Guilty themselves, and whilest we seek to Skreen
our Selves rather than to find wherein we have faild our
Selves I have little hopes of Repentance and Reformation
If it should be Suggested that we are feeding our
Enemy by large Supplies of Provisions, even to the dis-
tressing our Selves, which I apprehend cannot be done
without the privity (at least) of some in authority, yet
arguments will be Invented to Excuse such a Conduct. If
it should be thought that the Governments are Guilty of
great Injustice and Oppression in Continuing such an un-
stable and uncertain Medium of Commerce there will appear
238 LAW PAPERS.
many that will devise pretexts to Justifie them.
If it should be said that the Governments are not tender
of the lives and liberties of the Subjects, and don’t timely
and Sufficiently provide for the Safety of the frontiers,
whereby Multitudes of poor People have been distressed
and ruined, one and another will be ready to Excuse them-
selves, with Imagining they are unable, or that they have
done their Proportion &c.
but I have got into too large a field for a few Minute’s
Leisure and can only Subscribe my self your very Humble
Servant
JOHN STODDARD
The Hon*’'® Roger Wolcott Esq*'
MICHAEL BURNHAM TO JONATHAN LAW.
New LONDON maye 24 1748
Maye it pleas your Honor
I Take this opertunity to acquaint your Honnor that we
Espying a Snow this morning Stood out and Gave Chace to
her and at about 2 Clock Brought her too and having Exam-
ined her found her to be a french flag of Truce from Cape
francois Bound to New york her Cargo Consists of one
TOO hhds of molloses and about 82 hhds of Shugar We have
this Eving brought her into New lond I thought proper to
advise your honner with as much Speed as might be and
would beg your Honner to advise me how to Conduct in
the affair we all Hoope your honnor and the honnorable
assembly will think well of this our procedings: sine we
have don it in obedienc to his majestes late procklimation
this with my humble Regards and duty to your Honnor I
Take leave to Suberibe my Self your Honnors most obedi-
ent and Humble Ser^
MICHAEL BURNHAM
P S the Cap‘ Name is peter pareen her papers all that
are Come to hand are frnch
[Superscribed] To the Honorable Jonathan Law Esq Gov-
ener in Chief of his majesties Colony of Conecticut thes
[Indorsed] Capt Michael Burnham’s Letter May 24‘h 1748
JONATHAN LAW.
239
JONATHAN LAW TO ELIAKIM PALMER.
Hartford May 25'h 1748
Sir
Yours of the 18“’ of November I received and on the 5*'’
of March GoW Shirley Informed me that by a T^etter from
M'' Bollen Dated Decemb'' 10 Soogoo^' was on -y^ 4th jrranted
by Parliament to y® New Englanders to defray and reim-
burse them of their Expences in the Cape-Briton and
Canada Expeditions which he accidentally hearing that
Cap‘ Barnard waiting about a Month for Convoy at Ports-
mouth, gave him Opportunity by a Post to send to Cap‘
Barnard and he doubted not but that in a short time I should
have the Same acc‘ from you. I have since rec'^ a Paquett
from the D. of Bedford with the Kings Proclamation against
all Commerce with the French (without one word about the
Spaniards) I cant acc‘ for my not having the desireable
news from yoi:, but we have a Rumour from Boston That
M*' Bollen gives acc^ that he was imposed upon. A more
perticular Acc‘ of our charges in Garisoning Louisburge
has been ordered to be drawn up, but the Gentlemen have
not finished it; I am Sorry but will take first opportunity to
transmitt it as Soon as finisht. Our Difficulties are great.
Three Companys or more are sent Sometime since to the
Protection of Albany, two Companys to the Massathusetts
frontiers 80 more are going and our own frontiers are
alarmed with the Skulking Enemy as we have it by re-
peated acc‘s
The Young Gentleman who brings you this acc‘ is Son
to the Rev'^ M*' Whittelsey of Wallingford a Discreet prudent
young man acquainted with Trade, who comes with a Mer-
chantile view whom if you shall shew favour to I shall look
upon as done to my self
I have Just now had an acc‘ from the Capt of our Sloop
of Warr that he has bro‘ in to N London a Snow with
loohhs of Molasses and 82>’hs of Sugars bound from Cape
Francois to N York a french Flagg of Truce
I shall do the best I can ab‘ your Salery and Subscribe
Your very Humble Servant
Eliakim Palmer Esq*'
[Indorsed] Letter to Agent Palmer Dated May 25‘b 1748
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GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
New York 25* May 1748
Sir
I have the pleasure to tell you ColU> Johnson is re-
turned from his Embassy to Onondaga, where he has been
so suceessfuiras to prevent the Indians going to Canada, as
they intended this Summer; I have enclosed you one Part
of their Answer to ColP Johnsons Speech, not having time
by the first oppertunity shall send you the whole Treaty.
I must desire of you to Assist the bearer in any thing
he may require for dispatch & hope you will excuse hast
from
Sir Your obedient
humble Servant
G CLINTON
His Honour Govern Lawes Esq^
[Indorsed] Gov^ Clintons Letter May 25‘h 1748
JONATHAN LAW TO MICHAEL BURNHAM.
Hartford May 28 1748
I reed yours of this Instant. I informd the Court
of your Motion and I think obtaind y® Consent of both
Houses That I should give you a Letter of Marque and
Reprisall but was then informd you were out on a Cruise and
in as much as that cant be granted without your Bond with
Sureties, I deferrd it till Opportunity should offer for it on
your Return and when you gave Acc‘ of your good fortune
I thot to have wrote to you but understanding you had
applyd to ColP Fitch, I depended on the good Advise he
would give you, and knowing that what I did in y® name of
the Assembly must be with their Advice I forebore And
now the Opinion seems to be and accordingly directed the
Naval Officer to hasten Home and with M^ Collecter to
take the Snow and Cargoe and Crew into their Care and
Custody that you may be at Liberty, and you having sent to
Boston for proper forms for Libelling against her you will
JONATHAN I. AW. WII.I.IAM SHIRI.KY.
241
proceed to call a Judge of Admiralty to hear and determine
the affair with all convenient Speed as you are obligd to,
and that no Scruple is to be made but that all who shall be
adjudgd interest therein will readily contribute their pro-
portionable part of the Charge. I can only inform you
That Coll> Morris is Judge of Admiralty here and that he
has given a Deputation for six months to Cap‘ Elihue Hall
and whether he or the Judge himself may be applyd to, you
will consider and proceed by the best Advice. I think Coll'
Fitch will be improvd as Agent for us.
In hast I Subscribe
Your humble Servant
J L
Capt" Burnham
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Cap‘ Burnham May 28 1748
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston June 4, 1748.
Sir,
The Council and House of Representatives of this
Province taking into consideration the extreme Burthen of
the Warr lying upon them, wherein their Expence of men
and money is vastly greater than what the most of the
Northern Colonies have hitherto born & has much exceeded
what anyone of them have in proportion to our Ability; Bj'
Reason of which our difficulties in carrying on the War are
insupportable by our Selves; and forasmuch as our West-
ern Frontier is a Barrier to your Colony and your safety
depends upon our maintaining that post, and your Charge
in the War being very inconsiderable in proportion to ours.
They have desired that I would acquaint your Government
with their Request that you would make an addition to the
Number of Connecticutt Men now on the said Western
Frontier and take upon you the whole charge of Subsisting
your own Officers and Soldiers: But for your better Infor-
mation in the said Affair I have inclosed a Copy of the
Message of the two Houses, And I must earnestly desire
16
242
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Your Honour to lay this matter before your General Court
as soon as possible & use your Interest for obtaining the
thing asked for, and that you would let me have me have
your answer by the first Opportunity.
I am Sir,
Your Honour’s most
Obedient, Humble Serv‘
W SHIRLEY
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
New York 6 Tune 1748
Szr
Agreeable to my promise to You in my last by Express,
I send you the Treaty w^h Col° Johnson had at Onondaga
w‘i^ the Indians in order to be laid before Your General
Court, and I have directed the Express to call upon You in
his return from Boston for your Answer
I am Sir
Your most Hble S‘
G CLINTON
Gov'' Law
[Indorsed] Gov' Clintons June 6 rec<i ye 8th
THOMAS HILL TO COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
Whitehall, June ye 8*h 1748.
Gentlemen^
I am directed by my Lords Commissioners for Trade
and Plantations to send you the inclosed Heads of Enquiry,
& to desire your particular Answer thereto as soon as may
be, together with your Observations upon such Points as
you shall think necessary; and you are desired to make a
Return thereto every six Months, that their Lordships may
be apprized of any Alterations which may happen in the
Circumstances of your Government : I am
Gentlemen,
Your most Obedient
humble Servant,
THOS HILL
Governor and Company of Connecticut.
HOARD OK trade’s QUERIES.
243
BOARD OF TRADE’S QUERIES.
Queries from the Board of Trade, to the Governor and
Company of the Colony of Connecticut.
What is the situation of the Colony under Your Gov-
ernment; the Nature of the Country, Soil and Climate, the
Latitudes and Longitudes of the most considerable Places
in it, or the Neighbouring French or Spanish Settlements?
Have those Latitudes and Longitudes been Settled by good
Observations, or only by Common Computations, and from
whence are the Longitudes computed ?
What are the reputed Boundaries, and are any Parts
thereof disputed, what Parts and by whom ?
What is the Constitution of the Government ?
What is the Trade of the Colony, the Number of Ship-
ping, their Tonnage, and the Number of Sea-faring Men,
with the respective Increase or Diminution within ten years
past ?
What Quantity and Sorts of British Manufactures do
the Inhabitants annually take from hence ?
What Trade has the Colony under Your Government
with any foreign Plantations, or any part of Europe, be-
sides Great Britain ? How is that Trade carried on ? What
Commodities do the people under your Government send
to, or receive from Foreign Plantations ?
What Methods are there used to prevent Illegal Trade,
and are the same Effectual ?
What is the natural Produce of the Country, Staple
Commodities and Manufactures ? And what Value thereof
in Sterling Money may you annually export ?
What Mines are there ?
What is the Number of Inhabitants, Whites and Blacks ?
Are the Inhabitants increased or decreased within the
last Ten Years ? How much, and for what Reasons ?
What is the Number of the Militia ?
What Forts and Places of Defence are there within
Your Government ? and in what Condition ?
What Number of Indians have you, and how are they
inclined ?
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What is the Strength of the Neighbouring Indians ?
What is the Strength of your Neighbouring Europeans,
French or Spaniards ?
What Effect have the French or Spanish Settlements
on the Continent of America, upon His Majesty’s Planta-
tions, especially on your Colony ?
What is the Revenue arising within Your Government,
and how is it appropriated ?
What are the Ordinary and extraordinary Expenses of
Your Government ?
What are the Establishments Civil and Military, within
Your Government, and by what Authority do the Officers
hold their places ?
Connecticut
[Indorsed] 20 Queries from the Board of Trade Received
Sep"" 13**^ 1748
BOARD OF TRADE TO COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
Duplicate
Whitehall; June ye 8*^ 1748.
Gentlemen,
Inclosed We send you a printed Copy of an Act passed
here in the last Session of Parliament, for encouraging the
making of Indico in the British Plantations in America,
which We hope will promote the Cultivation of this Valua-
ble Commodity in all His Majesty’s Colonys where the
same is or may be produced.
If therefore there now are or hereafter shall be any
Plantations of Indico within the Colony under your Gov-
ernment, We recommend it to Your particular Care, that
the several Provisions of this Act be honestly and punc-
tually complied with, and you are to transmit to Us an
Account of said the Plantations, the Names of the Planters
with the Quantity of Indico they make, as also the Quantity
of such Indico exported, distinguishing the lime when and
BOARD OF TRADK TO COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
245
the Port where Shipped, the Names of the Vessels and the
Ports to which bound.
And if there be any foreign Indico imported into your
Colony, you are also to transmit to Us an Account of such
foreign Indico imported, distinguishing the Quantity and
time when imported; together with an Accoiint of such
Indico exported, distinguishing the time when and the Port
where Shipped, the Names of the Vessels and the Ports to
which Bound.
These Accounts you are desired to send regularly every
Six Months, that we may be as exactly informed, as the
Nature of the thing will admit, of every increase or
decrease of the Quantity of Indico produced in and Ex-
ported from His Majesty’s Plantations in America.
We likewise send you inclosed an Act passed in the 20th
Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entituled. An Act to
extend the Provisions of an Act made in the 13‘h Year of
His present Maje.sty’s Reign, entituled. An Act for
Naturalizing foreign Protestants and others therein men-
tioned, as are settled or Shall settle in any of His Majesty’s
Colonies in America, to other foreign Protestants who con-
scientiously Scruple the taking of an Oath.'*’
So We bid you heartily farewell, and are
Your very loving Friends
and Humble Servants,
J PITT
J GRENVILLE
DUPPLIN
Gov*" and Comp^ of the Colony of Connecticut
[Indorsed by Law] Orders of the Board of Trade Signed
J Pitt &c Duplicate
♦The printed copies of the two Acts of Parliament here referred to, with
others received from time to time by the Colony, are in the library of the Con-
necticut Historical Society. One is indorsed in an unknown handwriting “[In]dico
Act [? receiv]ed Septr i3*l> 1748.” The other bears this indorsement by Governor
Law, “An Act for Naturalization of Protestan foreigners Duplicate 1747.”
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WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston Tune 1748
Sir,
His Excellency Governour Clinton having appointed
an Interview with the Indians of the Six Nations to be held
at Albany the tenth of July next, wherein matters of great
Importance to the safety and welfare of all his Majestys
Colonies in North America will be transacted, I have at the
desire of the General Assembly of this province (a Copy of
whose Vote I inclose you) as also of Gov'' Clinton, and in
Consequence of his Majestys Commands to me to join with
Governour Clinton in this Service, determin’d (God willing)
to be present at the Interview, attended by Commissioners
from this Province, and as a full Representative; by Com-
missioners from all the Northern Colonies will have a great
tendency to render our Negociations with the Six Nations
Successful, and fix them in his Majestys Interest, and
engage them in carrying on the war against his Majestys
Enemies, and as other matters may be Transacted at the
said Congress, which may be for the lasting Security and
Advantage of these Colonies, I do now upon my own meer
motion and the Solicitous desire I have that his Majestys
Service upon this Continent may be Consulted in the best
manner and the Interests of all his Colonies there be most
effectually Secured, as well as at the request of the General
Assembly earnestly desire Your Honour would cause Com-
missioners to be sent from your Government to be present
at the aforesaid Interview, and to Consult and join with the
other Commissioners there in transacting the several mat-
ters contained and proposed in the inclosed Copy of the
beforementioned Vote. I shall write to all the rest of the
English Governours from New Hampshire to Mary land,
and am with great Regard
Sir, Your Honours most Obedient
humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
The Honbie Governour Law
[Indorsed] Governour Shirley’s Letter June ii‘*’ 1748
rec<5 17 th
JONATHAN LAW.
247
JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE CLINTON.
Milford June ii^'’ 1748
s*-
The Bearer hereof Ephraim Washborn of a Neighbour-
ing Town moving to me for my Consent That he with forty
or fifty more might go forth in Quest of the Enemy under
the Encouragement of your Excellency and Gov‘ for three
or four months at lo® ^ diem all Equal and to be left to their
own Discretion in the Prosecution of the Business and he
proposes they Should all furnish themselves with Cloathing,
Arms, Amunition, and two Great Doggs to Each man to be
bilited at your Governments Charg, A futher Account W of
he will lay before you, which Occasions my writing at this
time, he sais he has been a Serg^ under Cap‘ Woster in
your Service at Albany and that he has taken pains to find
out and some way Engage such a number of likely men for
such an Undertaking.
I had by your Express the Comfortable Information of
the Good Success of Coll' Johnson’s Embassy at Onondagoe
and am very thankfull for your Care and prudence in taking
so seasonable a steep in an Affair of so great Consequence
to the whole Countrey.
The Same day I rec^' a Request from Governour Shirley
pursuant to an Address of both houses to be laid before our
Asembly for their undertaking the protection of hamshire
County at the Charge of this Colony intirely. but it Came
to my hands too late, the Assembly being broke up. two
hundred of our men are already in that County A Difficulty
has happened in this Gov‘ so that we have no Dep Gov^*
I must break off with only a Repetition
That I am Your Excellencies
most obedient humble Servant
J LAW
G Clinton Esq'' Gov^ &c &c &c
r Indorsed! Copy of a Letter to Gov"" Clinton Tune ii 1748
^ Washbon
*The freemen had made no choice of a Deputy Governor; and at the Court
of Election in May 1748 no choice was made by the Assembly, as the two Houses
could not agree on a method of election. The October Assembly appointed Roger
Wolcott, who previously had been annually elected since 1742, to that position.
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GURDON SALTONSTALL TO JONATHAN LAW.
New London June 13 1748
Sir
I have the Pleasure to advise You, that Capt Fullerton,
who arriv’d at Newport last Friday (where I then was) in
about 6 Weeks from the Orkneys & 12 Weeks from Hull
bro* the Printed Votes of the House of Commons of 4*^
April last, out of which I Extracted the Inclos’d Votes. As
to the Publick News, he had nothing later then the last
Week News Papers contain’d. I congratulate ¥*■ Hon"" &
this Colony in Special, at this agreable Prospect of a Reim-
bursm* & hope the Canada Affair will in due time meet a
favourable Resolve in the British Parliament. I am
Yr Honours Most Obed* Hum® Serv‘
G SALTONSTALL
P. S. Friday last arriv’d Capt Rouse a Flagg Truce at
N’Port, who was by Mr Knowles caried to Jamaica, & there
dismist, with divers others, without Trial; haveing paid the
Colector there the Kings Dutys One of the F, Truce have-
ing been try’d & acquited, caus’d a discharge for all
the Rest
To the Honbie Jonathan Law Esqr Gov*"
[Superscribed] To The Hon^e Jonathan Law Esqr Gover-
nour att Milford fav*" M^ President
[Indorsed] Coll Saltonstalls June 13 1748
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford June i4‘>’ 1748
On the eighth Instant I rec^ yours of the 3^, the day on
which our Assembly adjournd. I laid before them your
Scheme for putting a period to our paper currency, but
having a Rumour of your Assemblies rejecting it and hear-
ing nothing further from you, no Measures were taken
about it.
Two hundred of our men are posted in your Frontiers
JONATHAN LAW.
249
and three Companies in New York and eighty men on our
Coast.
I think we are in Debt about three hundred and 60
thousand pounds tho very little the more for any Allowance
made to me. Our Countrey Sloop will cost us this Sumer
ab‘ 15 or I 6000".
About 40 or 50 Rangers propose to goe forth for three
or four months double Doggd and with that proposal I
wrote last Saturday to Govr Clinton by one who would
undertake under the favour of his Excellency.
I rec<i a Paquett from the Duke of Bedford dated 25 of
feV yet I have not the good News your Excellency thot I
should in a short time receive from Palmer agreeable to
what you had from Bollen lo^'’ of Decembr last, what
may be the hindrance I cant say and still dwell in hope.
We yet fail of a D Govq (to my grief) for ye want of 50
Votes to make a Majority of ab‘ 4 or 5000
I begg leave to Subscribe
Your Excellencies most humble
obedient Servant
J. LAW.
Gov'' Shirley
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to GoV Shirley June 14 1748
JONATHAN LAW TO JEREMIAH MILLER.
Milford June 14*^' 1748
i>>
The Comtee of warr having agreed That you should
receive and dispose to the best Advantage of the Gov‘ the
Chest of Druggs provided for the intended Expedition
against Canada and Deliver the money into the Treasurers
hands, taking his Receit for the same, I do herby desire
and direct you accordingly
Given under my hand the Date aboves^
JONATHAN LAW Gov«
Jeremiah Miller Esq*"
[Indorsed] A Copy of A Letter to M^ Miller June 14 1748
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GEORGE WYLLYS TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford June 15*1^ 1748
’tis now but a few Days since Majr Pitkin was with me,
and expressing some concern that the Accounts of the
Expences in the Cape Breton Expedition were not yet corn-
pleated, and fitt to be Transmitted Home. Wee concluded
iinediatly to do all in our Power towards perfecting them,
and for such Purpose judging it needful to have in our
Hands the Duplicate of the Accounts, in that Affair that
had been already sent Home, Ordered an Express (who I
suppose is now on his Journey) to wait on Your Hon^ for
obtaining the same, but as (I presume) the Officers con-
cerned in that Expedition cannot be had, or prevailed with
properly to Avouch these new Accounts, and the Assembly
passed no Sanction upon them, I see not at present, how
they may be so authenticated as to obtain the Approbation
of the Boards before which they are to be laid, in England,
Your Honour will please to Advise & direct us herein.
As to the Agents Salary, shall inform Col° Stanly of y^
Honour’s Pleasure, who will doubtless take the necessary
Care, as usually he has done.
The comittee appointed to take into their Consideration
the state of the Warr with the French and Indians &c I con-
clude mett to consult therein, for they had of me the Bill
formerly agreed to by the Assembly granting Premia for
Indian Scalps &c but made no Report, that came to my
Knowledge, in the Matter.
I observe no Act wherein Your Honour is especially
concerned, but the enclosed for granting a Letter of Marque
to the Capt of the Colony Sloop.
The Transaction relating to New York, And the Motion
of the Governor of the Massachusets pursuant to the Address
of the Assembly of that Province, I am favour’d with, may
(especially the latter) with the Consequencies, be of great
Weight & Importance and deserve Attention (tho it should
not be complyed with) And I presume Y"" Honour permits
me to comunicate them to such Gentlemen of the Councel
(lEORGF- WYI.LVS. EI.IAKIM PALMER.
25>
as I shall meet with whereby I may have the Pleasure of
being- so serviceable as to Occasion them to give their Senti-
ments herein.
I am Your Honours most obedient
Humble Servant
GEORGE WYLLYS
The Hont>'e Jon'’" Law Esq^
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
Copy
London 20 June 1748
The Jon<^ Laiv Esq^
Not having been favour’d with any from your Honour
since my last (Copys of which have already been forwarded)
I have at present very little to add thereto the Occasion of
it is that the Lords of the Treasury with whom it lyes to
determine the lime & manner of reimbursing the Colonys
their Expences in taking & Garrisoning Cape Breton as
well as the Intended Expedition against Canada, have been
Adjourn’d for some time without coming to any resolution
about it, notwithstanding a Constant & wearied Attendance
upon them on that Acco‘. this Difficulty does not now
arise from the want of Money for that Purpose ( I mean as
to Cape Breton) there being now in the Treasury a Suf-
ficiency therefor as granted by Parliam^, but from an Appre-
hension that if it were to be Issued all at once it might
Occasion so Sudden & great a fall of the Exchange as
would be productive of great Inconveniences amongst you,
particularly to those who had large Quantity’s of goods by
them bought at a high Advance, but as their Lordships
will meet again in about a fortnight I doubt not their
putting this Affair upon some Certain Footing very soon
of which you shall be timely Advisd, how I shall Succeed
in the Canada Affair is much more Uncertain as I can’t yet
Learn what representation Gov^ Shirley (to whom it was
referr’d) has made thereof, I have only to Confirm My
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former Advices in relation to the Approaching- Peace which
is look’d upon as out of all Doubt, the Accession of the
Spaniards to the Preliminarys being hourly Expected & to
Conclude at present
Yo^ Honrs & the Colony s
most Faithfi Hum^e Serv‘
ELIARM PALMER
PS I have Communicated that part of your Homs
Letter which related to Silk to the Board of Trade who
seem inclin’d to give any reasonable Incouragem‘ if they
knew what would be thought so; I would therefore recom-
mend the Consideration of that to your Honour
Coppy
[Indorsed] Agent Palmer’s of June 20*1^ 1748 Received
Sepfr 13*1’ 1748
JONATHAN LAW TO GURDON SALTONSTALL.
Milford June 22<* 1748
S’-
Yours of the 13*'’ Instant Gives me the agreeable News
of a Reimbursment of our Cape Breton Expences granted
by the Parliament on the 4**’ of April, in such manner as
that I can securly rely on, which excuseth me of too much
Incredulity on Mr Bollens Account of its being done on the
4*h of December. I have taken paines to procure the
Account Coll* Trumble has been drawing up in order to
send home and I understand the State of the Affair there is
no Occasion for it the Summ is stated and will not be
altered and If the Case be So, and Opportunity presents
you may inform him that he may forbear any further
trouble about it. I doubt not of a Conformation from Mr
Palmer by the first Opportunity. I am told by one &
another That a Report of my having granted Flaggs of
Truce to the Rhode Islanders is industriously spread abroad
to my prejudice I am sure I never gave one nay I never
was so much as desired to grant one If you or Mr. Ledyard
disposd of that you had of me to any of that Gov* (though I
don’t understand how that is practicible) should be glad to
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know it. I can’t belive thb I wa.s told the Last night That
Mr. Ledyard should say I took lo” new Tenour for it. I
Remember yon generously gave me 3" old Tenour thb I did
not ask it. I have had a bade Turn of y® Chollick since I
gott home and remain much indisposd and vSubscrbe
Your Immble obedient Servant
JON'i'H LAW
To Coll' Saltonstall.
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Coll' vSaltonstall June 22^
1748
THOMAS HILL TO JONATHAN LAW.
Fairfield. June 27"! 1748
Most Honoured S’-
These Come to acquaint yo'' Honr that our Coursters,
masters of vessells from Boston, Informs me y' Dor miller
maks them pay thirty Shillings a hogshed for all ye Rum
They bring from Boston, as Naval officer, & ye Law obliges
ye Importers of all Goods wares &c brought from ye neigh-
bouring Gov^ments into This Gov^ment shall pay five pr
Cent for all Goods &c Except what is Excepted in ye Law
& Rum being a merchantdies & not Excepted in ye Law
therefore I understand ye Duty on Rum now is ye Same
with other Goods, & Con" [Fijtch is of y' oppinion, but if
yor Honour is of a Different oppoinion 1 should be Glad if
yor Honour will be pleas" to Give me Directions how to act
. in yt affair for people are very uneasey to pay 5 pr Cent for
any Goods, but if they must pay 5 p^ Cent & 30® p^ Hogshed
more to ye naval officer, they will be very much Inreaged,
if yor Honr should be of ye oppinion ye 30^ should not be
paid over & above ye 5 pr Cent should be Glad you will be
please" to advise Dor miller of it, but otherwise should be
Glad yor Hour would advise me ye first opportunity
Honoured S^ your Compliance with my Request will
very much oblige yo*" most obediant Hum'e Serv' & Com"
THO HILL
[Superscribed] The Honourable Jon^h Law Esqr In Mil-
ford These
[Indorsed] Cap' Hills Letter June 27 1748 rec" June 29"!
1748
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DUKE OF BEDFORD TO COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
Duplicate
Whitehall 28^*^ June 1748
Gentlemen,
The Act of Accession of the King of Spain, as likewise
That of the Republick of Genoa, to the Preliminaries signed
at Aix la Chapelle the 19*^ of April O. S. 1748, having been
signed there by their respective Plenipotentiaries on the
28th Inst N. S. in consequence of which. Hostilities are to
cease, as well by Sea as Land, according to the Terms &
Periods agreed upon for a Suspension of Arms, in the
Treaty signed at Paris the 19*^1 Day of August N. S. 1712.
I herewith inclose to you a Literal Translation of the
Clauses of the said Treaty of the 19*^’ of August N S 1712
which relate to this matter, & which, together with my
Letter to you of the 7**’ May last, & the Copy of His
Majesty’s Proclamation, which was therein inclosed, will
serve for your Information, & for the Rule of your Conduct
on this occasion; and you are to give proper Directions, to
the end that all His Majesty’s Subjects in your Govern-
ment, may pay due Obedience to, & strictly observe the
same.
I am Gentlemen
Your most obedient humble Servant.
BEDFORD
Gov*' & Compy of Connecticut.
[Indorsed by Law] D of Bedfords June 28 1748
JONATHAN LAW TO JEREMIAH MILLER.
Milford June 29 1748
This Minute by the Post from Cap* hill
The Question is proposd to me Whether the Import on
Rumm h^ be included, in the Duty laid there on? and
send to you, and my sudden thorts are that the Lesser is
Comprehended in the Greater and had not that been the
Design of it, it would have added (besides or exclusive) of
GORDON SALTONSTALL.
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all other Deutys, other-waies it seems to me, to be a
virtual Repeal of the former
J. LAW
Jer Miller Esq""
[Indorsed] A Copy of a Letter to Mr Miller June 29 1748
GURDON SALTONSTALL TO JONATHAN LAW.
New London June 29. 1748
IIon‘' Sir
Your favour of 22^ Ins‘ is now before me, & in obedi-
ence thereto, shall advise Col° Trumble, not to take further
care respect^ the Cape Breton Acco‘».
• It’s a grief to me, that any false Reports, respecting
Your Honrs granting Comissions for Flags of Truce to
Rhode Islanders should be spread abroad in the Colony to
your disadvantage. I han’t heard any such Report here,
nor elsewhere. And as to M*" Ledyard’s saying you took
^10 new tenor for the Com" to Capt Miler, I can’t con-
ceive he ever said so, since its not true. I han’t seen him
since your favour came to hand, therefore could not dis-
course him on this Subject.
Your Honr seems to Imagine it possible that the Com"
granted to M"" Miller might be dispos’d off to some Gent" at
Rhode Island, the bare Imagination gives me no little con-
cern; & to convince Your Hon'' theirs no foundation for
such a surmise, inclos’d I send you that Comiss" you was
pleas’d to grant Cap' Miller, at M' Ledyard & my Request ;
for w"'’ wee were Oblig’d & had wee misus’d it. Should
justly have deserv’d your highest sensure.
Gov' Shirley & Commissioners from Boston are ex-
pected to Stonington or N. L. this week to embark for
Long Island, & thence to York & Albany, where they are
to meet the 5 Nations, and I learn, a principle part of their
Design is, in Conjunction with N’ York, to perswade two,
or more of the Sachems, to go to Great Brittain & Sollicit
his Majesty for Ships &c to form a Canada Expedition the
ensuing year. Provided the War contmues, And that all the
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English Colonies in America be commanded to Assist in
this Grand Affair. Its expected this manner of Soliciting,
will be much more effectual, then any that can be made by
the Agents of the Colonys.
Notwithstanding any Reports your Hour may have
heard, give me leave to say with the utmost Sincerity, that
I am verily
Y^' Hone'S Obligd & Hum® Serv‘
G. SALTONSTALL
To the HonWe Jon'^ Law Esqf Gov*"
[Superscribed] To The Hon'’*® Jonathan Law Esq^ Gov-
ernour att Milford
[Indorsed] Colh Saltonstalls Letter June 29*'’ 1748 rec<^
July I St
JEREMIAH MILLER TO JONATHAN LAW.
N. LoNDt* June 29. 1748
I had y® fav''of a Line from Yo^' Honf Some time Since,
the Rec* of which I shou’d have acknowleg^ by y® Last
Post, but that I was then very 111, and not much better
now.
I shall pursut to yr Hon^s Direction when Ever I am
able to go out, take Care of y® D^s Chest & Dispose of y®
Contents to y® best benefit of y® Colony. I am
Sr wth greatest Esteam
Yof Honrs most obedient
& most obliged Hum^® Serv‘
JER. MILLER
To Gov Law
[Superscribed] The- Hon^e j. Law Esqr Governr &c at
Millford per J. Miller.
[Indorsed] Mr Miller’s Letter June 29 1748 rec^ July
[This letter carries a red wax seal bearing an impression
of what is probably the Miller arms. The shield bears
a chevron between three heads, perhaps of Wolves,
erased. The crest is a similar head, also erased. ]
JONATHAN I. AW. — EUAKIM PALMER. 257
JONATHAN LAW TO THOMAS HILL.
Milford July i®‘ 1748
Yours of 27‘h last I rec^ did not open it till the Post
went from me and then by a word or two in hast signifyd
to M'' Miller That I thot the lesser duty was comprehended
in the greater, and so a virtual Repeal
It seems to me That if a law had been That 40® ^
HHd should be paid for five years next coming without
saying besides the 30® before laid No Body would have thot
That 5-10-0 was ye duty and I see no essential difference
between laying the duty on the Quantity and the value,
and it is really a Suspension of the first duty for a time, but
I leave it to better Judgements.
and Subscribe
Your humble Servant
JO NTH LAW
Capt Hill
[Indorsed] A Copy of a Letter to Capt Hill July 1748
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
London 23 July 1748
Sir
My last to Yo*" Honour was the 2o‘h June Coppy of which
has already been forwarded, since that the Lords of the
Treasury whose Province it is to Issue the money due to
the Colonys for their Expenses in the Reduction of Cape
Breton as Granted by Parliam‘ have again taken that Affair
under their Consideration & have been frequently attended
upon it, But as their Lordships are of Opinion that this
money ought to be applyd in such a manner as to lay a
foundation for sinking the Paper money now Currant in
the Colonys or at least fixing the value of it. And as a great
variety of Schemes have been laid before Them for this
Purpose Differing very materially as to the manner of doing
it their Lordships have thot fitt to Deliberate on a matter
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of SO much Consequence; It being the Sense of the House
of Commons when the money was granted that the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury should be the Judges in
what manner it shall be Issu’d, They have appointed us
a hearing upon it the 27*^ Instant which I hope will pro-
duce a final Determination of the matter.
I have as Agent for the Colony as well as Agent for the
Regiment rais’d in Connecticut for an Expedition to Canada
laid before the Treasury an Acco“ of the pay due to them,
and the Expences the Colony were at in providing Arms &
Cloathing amounting in all to Thirty thousand two hundred
forty six pounds twelve & eight pence Sterling Viz —
Officers & Soldiers pay ^,^23449 19 4
Acco“ of Arms & Cloathing ^50975 J
Curraucy computing 750 for one 1
as the Exchange then govern’d is | ^
Sterling J
Totall ^30246 12 8
and think I have grounds for Believing I shall have a
favourable Answer to my Demand without any representa-
tion from M'' Shirley (none having yet Appeared) tho: I
am not so Sanguine as to give any Assurances of it The
above Acco‘‘ includes the whole time from the 30^^ May
1746 to the 31st of Octor 1747 without regard to the Interval
in which the Men had withdrawn to provide the necessarys
of Life for themselves & Familys w^i^ I hope I shall be able
to convince their Lordships (should that Objection be
started) they are justly intitled to as their being taken from
their usual Occupations & having their thoughts turnd to a
Military Life must necessarily be attended w*’’ many other
Inconveniences than barely the loss of the time in w‘=*’ they
were in actual Service. I have only to add further that if
the Colony have any other Demands on this Government
for Expences incur’d by this Service no time should be lost
in preparing and transmitting them as I apprehend it is
absolutely necessary it should be done before the next
KUAKIM PALMER. — ROGER WOLCOTT.
259
meeting of the Parliam^ I presume will be in November
I am Your Honours & the Colonys
most Faithfull hum'e Serv‘
ELIAKM PALMER.
P. S. Since the above I have reciev’d a Letter from
Yo*" Honr by M*" Whittelsey and shall have regard to your
Recommendation by rendering him any Services in my
power.
To The Hon'’'e Jon^ Law Esci''
[Indorsed] Agent Palmers Letter 23 July 1748 Recei'’
7‘h Seb*’’'
ROGER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford July 25‘h 1748
s>-
The Enclosed Letters I Reed by an Express from L‘
Gov'' Phips and have this day Laid them before the Comit-
tee for the War. To them the Afair appears to be Attended
with Dificulty To suffer the Enemy to remain on our fron-
tiers and feed themselves with our Spoills and Cutt off our
people att every advantage Threatens the utter ruin of the
frontier on the other hand for us to advance a sufficent
scout to Clear them off from us and to provide and send
with them Necessary subsistance at this time when provis-
sions are very scarce with us will take some time and be
very Dificult we Dont find that the Assembly has Impowered
us to it and the News from home of a Cessation of Armes
my render the designe Abortive before Accomplished if we
should Enter in to it. These Considerations have Disposed
the Com'®® to Lay the Case before your Hour hopeing that
you in your Wisedome will Direct us so as to make our path
plain before us
Hereupon I have sent the papers to you by an Express
desireing your Honr to Direct in what manner we may
further proceed in Granting or deneying Gov*' phips request
by which you will oblige
your Humble serv'
ROGER WOLCOTT
To The Honabie Law Esqr
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p s Lt Govr phips will Expect a speady Answer it will
therefore be needfull you send your Opinion with the
papers by the Express the brings you this
R W
[Indorsed] D G Wolcotts of 25*’’ of July 1748 rec^ 26th
JOSIAH WILLARD TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Fort Dummer July 15^^! A. D. 1748
May it please your Excelle^tcy,
Our Circumstances are become the most Difficult and
melancholly, The Enemy are so numerous & continually
around us ; seem to have taken up their Abode among us, in
a great Body, they came last week to Ashewelot killed 10 or
1 1 Cattle & carried them almost all off. and there seems to
be no safety for us to move any where.
When I went to Boston I Left my son at Northfield, but
at my return found him to have been sick, and still remain-
ing very weak, I sent him down to Hartford to procure
provisions for N° 4 but know not whether he will be able to
Effect it.
The Day before Yesterday by the aid of a few Soldiers
I arrived safe at Fort Dummer.
And Yesterday some Soldiers that belonged to Ashew-
elot & some of Capt Hobbs men, and some of Cap‘ Stevens
men, & some belonging to Fort Dummer were coming up
to Fort Dummer to the N° of 19. and tho they kept out
their advanced guard on each side of the path were way
laid & shot upon by a very Superiour Number of the
Enemy, which Obliged them to flee to the Bank of the
River for shelter, but were pursued and overcome by the
Enemy after a short skirmish, two of the men are got into
Fort Dummer, one is well ; the other wounded in two
plaees, but I hope not mortal; what is become of the rest
we can’t tell & are unable to go & see, and the case is ex-
ceeding Difficult at Northfleld as well as here for upon the
usual Alarm there came but three men last night to see
what was done ; The Soldiers at Fort Dummer are so many
JOSIAH WILLAKU. — JONATHAN LAW.
261
sick that not one half are able to do their duty, and the case
is the same at Northfield both with Inhabitants & Soldiers
that they could not come; they have in times past at North-
field being very free and ready upon Alarm to come for our
help but are now quite beat out insomuch that I fear that
we shall not have help to go and see what is done & bury
the Dead.
We sent down to Hatfield & Hadley after Capt Hobbs
had his fight for assistance to go & bury the dead but could
have no return or Answer.
As for N° 4, I must Inform your Excellency that it is
by this time scant of Provisions & must unavoidably break
up if some other person or persons cannot by the Govern-
ment be procured to Provide for it.
For under our Circumstances with so little help as is
here I cannot possibly do it, for we can move no where with
so few men as we now have and let the case be almost
what it will we can expect none from below. It seems ex-
ceeding hard that the Enemy in such great numbers must
dwell among us and our Neighbours not willing to Allow us
any help & to drive them off, tho from time to time in-
formed of it.
I Humbly pray your Excellency to Consider & pity our
miserable & distressed circumstances and do for us as in
your great wisdom you shall think best. I Subscribe Your
Excellencys most humble & most Obedient Servant to
Command.
JOSIAH WILLARD.
[Indorsed] Col° Jos^ Willards’ Letter to Gov^ Shirley Copy.
JONATHAN LAW TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Milford July 27 1748
5-
I had a Request much like this from Gov*' Shirley dated
3^ of June to lay before the Assembly but it came too late
the Case is difficult w‘h Frontiers. I think the Assembly
have not delegated the doing such a thing as is askd for
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to any Comtee the Kings Proclamation sent to west Indies
forbids all Hostilities against the french after y® 19**’
Instant.
It seems to me the Motion was sudden, doubtless the
proceedings of y® enemy were very surprizing, the want of
provisions and Sickness distressing and epidemical Diseases
cant be guarded against and he that sends it among us can
cause it to alight on our Enemies. No Circumstance seems
to encourage such an Undertaking as Scouring the Woods
at this time, people must stand on yr Guard as well as they
can and hope god will find out a way for our Deliverance
My Indisposition must excuse for writing so briefly
Yesterday I think it was impracticable for me to have done
so much as now
I am Your Honrs humble Servant
JONTH law
My Service to the Gentlemen of y® Com‘®®
Roger Wolcott Esqr
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to D G Wolcott July 27 1748
JONATHAN LAW TO ANDREW BURR.
To Coll Andrew Burr one of the Commissaries for y®
Intended Expedition Against Canada;
By the Advice of y® Com*®® of Warr, You are hereby
directed and ordered to make Sale of y® Remaining Stores
in your hands to y® best advantage of y® Government and
pay y® money for them unto y® Treasurer, taking his
Receipt for y® same and lodge it in y® hands of y® Secretary,
Given under my hand att Milford this ist day of August
1748
JONTH law GovR
The same orders given to Coll® Hezekiah Huntington,
Colfl Gurdon Saltonstall, ColP Thomas Wells, Colh Jabez
Hamlin & Cap* John Fowler
[Indorsed] A Copy of Orders sent to the Com>®s August
ist 1748
JONATHAN LAW. GURDON SALTONSTALL. 263
JONATHAN LAW TO THE COMMITTEE OF WAR.
Milford August 1748
Gentlemen
Lieu‘ Lacy Comander of ye men you orderd out of
Coll' Burrs Regiment informs me That ye Massachusetts
not allowing subsistance for so many men and Towns where
they are stationd not being able to do it, represents to me
That of necessity they must draw off unless this Gov' will
subsist them, ye more ^ticular Circumstances he will lay
before you, moving to me by the Direction of his Coll' to
which I can only say, the Care of our Frontiers is left with
you and not with me and I can only advise you That if you
learn Danger in that Quarter dos still continue notwith-
standing a Cessation of Armes coinanded by his Maj'v and
no Direction to you by our Assembly for subsisting our men
out of the Gov' yet if it appear needfull to guard the people
in that part of our Gov' by reason of our neighbours draw-
ing off from their Settlements, you can place them in our
ffrontiers and subsist them.
And I hope in a little time these Wolves will be calld
in. twould be hard indeed if our hands must be tyed by y^
Proclamation and our Enemies let loose upon us. he sup-
poses no danger of our Neighbours drawing off at present,
being well seated not with standing any representations
having been made to the contrary, hoping you will be
directed into y® most prudent Measures
I Subscribe Your humble Servant
JONTH law
Roger Wolcott Esqr and y® rest of the Com'ee
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to D Gov^ Wolcott & Com'®®
August 2 1748
GURDON SALTONSTALL TO JONATHAN LAW.
New London Aug' 4. 1748
Hon<^ Sir
I am favour’d with your Commands of the i®' Ins'
respecting the Canada Stores, & shall obey them carefully.
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Capt Burnham ariv’d last night, & this day pursuant to
Your Orders, has discharg’d many of his hands that live
remote, & is with the residue unriging the Sloop Defence &
securing her Stores, which when compleated he’l then dis-
charge them all.
At the direction of Cap‘ Burnham & Compv Captors of
the Snow Lheureux Retour, I send Your Hour (by Cap*
Cogswell) two Loaves of Loaf Sugar, which they ask the
favour. You would accept as a token of their Gratitude.
I aprehend your Hon*" will be not a little surpris’d at
the new Turn of Affairs at London, Viz^ Impresing Seamen
dettors. what the Consequence will be I han’t penetration
to know. I wish there may not be a fresh Occasion for the
Sloop Defence being put to sea. I am
with the highest Esteem Y^ Honrs
Most Obed‘ Hum® Serv*
G. SALTONSTALL
To Govr Law Esqf
P. S. This afternoon the Proclamation for a Cessation
of Arms was Publishd
[Superscribed] To The Hon^ie Jon"^ Law Esqr Governour
att Milford Cap* Cogswell
[Indorsed] ColP Saltonstalls Aug®‘ 4 1748 rec^
ELI AKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
London 6^^ Augst 1748
Sir
The foregoing* is a Coppy of my last to your Honour
since which the Agents for the several Provinces interested
in the Money Granted by Parliam* for Reimbursing their
Expences in taking & Garrisoning Cape Breton have attend-
ed the Lords Commiss^s of the Treasury upon that Affair,
& at their Lordships Summons to give their Opinions in
regard to the manner of paying it. Their Lordships being
of Opinion (As I before observ’d to your Hon^) That it
♦Dated July 23 1748
ELIAKIM PALMER. — DUKE OF BEDFORD.
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ought to be applyd to the sinking the Bills of Credit as far
as it will go, & whether that will best be done by remitting
it in Specie Coin’d on purpose w^h an Alloy to prevent its
being sent out of the Country again, Or by bills of Exchange
seems to be a Question w‘*> them There arises also a Dif-
ficulty in regard to the rate of Exchange at w^h the Bills
should be redeem’d, whether at their present Depreciated
value (wch will make the Sterling money go so much the
farther) or at any lower Rate, But as Wee are not as Agents
Authoriz’d to propose any Scheme for this purpose their
Lordships have it still under Consideration what method to
take. And as I Doubt not Wee shall be heard Again before
any Resolution is taken. I shall take the first Opportunity
to advise yo'' Honour thereof & In the meantime remain
Yo'' Homs & the Colony’s
most Faithfu'i hum'® serv'
ELLIRM PALMER
PS I have not yet had any Answer to my Demand in
behalf of the Troops raisd for the Canada Expedition fur-
ther than that my Acco‘t® are referrd to the paymaster
Gen" & Secretary at Warr who are Directed to make a
Report upon them.
I hope I shall soon have the Colonys Directions for the
Disposal of the money due to them on Acco“ of the taking
Cape Breton in Case it should be paid to me without any
Restrictions as to the Application of it, in w®" I own I
think they ought not to be Contrould.
[Indorsed by Law] Agents 23 July & 6'" of August rec"
Octob*" 8 1748
DUKE OF BEDFORD TO COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
Duplicate
Whitehall 9'" August 1748.
Gentlemen,
In my Letter of the 28'" of June last, I acquainted you
with the King of Spain and the Republick of Genoa’s Acces-
sion to the Preliminary Articles signed at Aix la Chapelle
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the igti' of April O S. 1748. for restoring a General Peace,
I am now to inform you, that their Excies the Lords
Justices have since ordered a Proclamation to be published,
a Copy of which is inclosed, declaring a Cessation of Hostil-
ities against His Catholick Majesty, & the Republick of
Genoa, & their Subjects, as well by Sea as Land, which
Proclamation you are to cause to be published in all the
proper Places under your Government, to the End that all
His Majestys Subjects there, may pay due Obedience, &
strictly conform themselves thereto.
I am. Gentlemen,
Your most Obedient humble Servant
BEDFORD
Gov'' & C° of Connecticut.
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
London 26 Aug®t 1748
Sir
Not having been favour’d w*!' any from yo^ Honour
since the foregoing Coppy'*’ I have not much to add thereto
no Resolution being yet taken in regard to the time & man-
ner of paying the money Granted for reimbursing the
Charges of taking Cape Breton w<=i' is partly owing to
another Adjournment of the Treasury & partly to the Indis-
position of M*' Pelham the Head of it; As soon as any thing
is done the Colony shall be timely advis’d of it.
I shall have a Watchfull Eye over Mason who has
taken no other Steps in the Mohegan Affair than reviving
an Application formerly made to the Ministry to supply
him w**! more money to enable him to prosecute it in w‘=*'
there does not yet appear any probabilty of his Succeeding.
My Accotts of Pay due to Coll Williams’s Regiment are
still before the Paymaster & Secretary at Warr one of w^h
being out of Town no Report is yet prepard to be laid before
♦Dated Aug. 6, 1748.
ELIAKIM PAI.MF.R. JONATHAN LAW.
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Treasury when they meet
I am Yor Honours & the Colonys
Faithful! hum'e serv‘
ELIAKM PALMER
I Superscribed] To The Honourable Jonathan Law Esq''
Governour of the Colony of Connecticut ^ Cap‘
Armstrong
[Indorsed] Agent Palmers of 26 of Augs‘ rec^ Nov*”' 4^*'
1748 Bryan 7-6
JONATHAN LA'W TO 'WILLIAM PITKIN.
Milford Sep*’*' 7^^ 1748
Gentlemen
I have this day Receiv’d a Letter from M^ Palmer a
Copy of which I herewith Inclose You as also the Several
Commissaries Accounts and only observe to you; as the
Transmitting the accounts of the Canada Expedition to our
agent is of Great Consequence to this Colony, and Abso-
lutely necessary that they Should be laid before the next
Parliament, which M"" Palmer presumes will be In Novembr
next ; therefore let no time be lost in preparing them, that
they may be Transmitted Him and that you Take all possible
means to inform Your Selves of opportunities for that pur-
pose
Whatever I have heretofore thought of the articles that
have been Sold by the Several Commissaries, being placed
to the Accounts by way of Credith, am now fully persuaded
that it is not best to make any mention of them, M^ Palmer
being Silent about the matter, I look upon it, but an Incon-
siderable thing; for if we Recieve pay for the whole of our
Disbursments, it will not make amends for the Real Damage
we have Sustain’d You will Consider my Indisposition &
therefore take the whole Care of the Matter on Your Selves,
You’l Remember the Billeting money and am Gentlemen
Your most obedient
humble Servant
JONTH law
To W“ Pitkin Esq*' &c
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Maj'' Pitkin &c Septr 7‘h
1748
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ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
Sir
I have to Acquaint Yor Honour that since I wrote
you last (a Coppy of which has already been forwarded)
The Lords of the Treasury have intimated to the Agents of
the Several Colonys that Assisted in the Reduction of Cape
Breton &c That they were ready to pay them one third part
of the Money Granted by Parliament for Reimbursing the
Expences they were at in that Expedition Upon their (the
Agents) giving security in the Exchequer to account for
the Application of it. But as Wee think the Colonys right
to the Money so absolute as that they are not liable to any
such Restrictions Wee Demand thereto in hopes their Lord-
ships (who then took the matter into further Consideration)
would Dispense wti^ that Condition
In this Interim a Petition was presented to their Lord-
ships Sign’d by the Principal Merch*® in this City that
Trade to New England as well as most of the Gentlemen
of N EngN that are here, requesting their Lordships not to
advance to the Colonys any part of the money but upon
Condition of their Sinking all the Bills of Credit Circulating
among them And proposing at the same time that some
Coin of Silver should be substituted in lieu thereof. Wee
are waiting their Lordships Determination upon these Rep-
resentations w^h as soon as they can be known Yo^ Honour
shall be acquainted therewith In the meantime I Subscribe
Yo^ Honours & the Colonys
Faithfii Humi® Serv‘
ELIARM PALMER .
P S The paymaster & Secr*o^ at Warr not having made
their Report upon the Acco“® of Coll: Williams Regim‘ I
can say nothing New on that head
London 27th SepU 1748
To the Honbie Jon'^ Law
[Indorsed] Agent Palmer’s 2"]^^ of Sepf^r 1748 rec<^ Nov*’*' 25
ELIAKIM PALMER.
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ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAiSI LAW.
London 15 Ocf 1748
The Jom Law Esq^
S'-
Not having been favour’d with any from your
Honour since the foregoing Copy of my last* I have only
to add thereto that in Pursuance of the Offers made by the
Lords of the Treasury to the Agents of the several Colonies
Assisting in the Reduction of Cape Breton &c I have Sig-
nify’d to their Lordships that I was ready to give Security
for one third of the Money Voted the Colony of Con-
necticut on that Account as will Appear to your Hon^ by
my Petition to their Lordships a Copy of which you’ll re-
ceive herewith upon which their Lordships Directed me to
leave a Copy of my Power with them in order to have the
Opinion of the Attorney & Solliciter General whither any
other Act of the Colony was Necessary previous to the
Money being paid. Their Lordships being in Doubt whether
by the Words of Act of Parliamt they are otherwise War-
ranted in doing it. But whether this be the real Cause of
the Delay or that it arises from the regard they pay to the
Merchants Petition or they have any other Reasons for
Postponing the Paym‘ I own I am not able to say, but shall
give the Colony timely Notice of what further Steps are
taken in the Affair.
Your Honour may Possibly be Surpris’d that the
Money due on Acco‘ of Col° Williams Regimt is so long
unpaid, when so many Bills drawn by the several Governrs
on the like Occasion have been Discharg’d to which I
Answer that had your Hon^ taken the same Steps your
Drafts might have been Answer’d tho not without your
being Personally Accountable for all sums so paid, which I
presume would have been reason Enough for your Not do-
ing it. The said Acco‘® are still before the Paymaster Geni
& Secretary at War, & were to have been reported upon in
Course before now in pursuance of a Reference to them
Dated Sept. 27, 1748, and written on same sheet with this.
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from the Treasury, but that a stop is put to it by a Letter
since come to hand from M*" Shirley to the Secretary of
State, intimating his intentions to send the Acco*® of all the
Colonies, which when I wrote your Hon*" last was not
thought Necessary. We must now wait the Consequence
of it, in the mean time I remain
Yo'' Honrs & the Colony’s
most Faithfi Hum® Serv‘
ELIAKM PALMER
[Indorsed] Agents Octobr 15 rec^ Jam 6th 9
ACTION OF MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL COURT.
The Committee Appointed to consider that part of his
Excellencys Speech which Relates to the money Granted
by Parliament for Reimbursing the Expense of taking and
keeping Cape Breton having Attended that Service Report
as their Opinion
That Messengers be forthwith dispatch’d to the Gov-
ernments of Connecticut New Hampshire and Rhode Island
again desiring them to Appoint Commissioners to Meet the
last Wednesday of this month at Boston or as soon after as
may be to Treat with Commissioners from this Court upon
the best method of Applying the money Granted by Parlia-
ment to the Redemption of the Bills of Credit and upon
ways and means effectually to Regulate the Currencys of
these Governments for the future And that a proper Letter
be prepared to be sent home by the first Ships Signifying
the Courts continuing in their Resolution to Apply the
Grant of Parliament to the Redemption of the Bills so far
as it shall be Sufficient for that purpose and to Sink the
Remainder of the Bills at the same time in the manner pro-
posed by the Bill sent from this Court or in such other
effectual way as shall be Agreed on
In the name of the Com‘®® J Osborne
In Council Novemr 2^ 1748 Read & Sent down
In the House of Representatives Novem^ 2^ 1748 Read
& Accepted and the Committee are directed to prepare a
JOSIAH WILLARD.
27 I
Letter Accordingly Sent up for Concurrence
T Hutchinson Splc^
In Council Nov 3^' 1748 Read & Concurr’d
J Willard Secry
Consented to W Shirley
Copy Examined J Willard vSecry
[Indorsed by Law] Com‘ees Report att Boston
JOSIAH WILLARD TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston Nov*" 4. 1748
Sir,
I am directed by the General Court of this Province, to
send your Honour a Copy of the Report of a Committee of
both Houses Accepted by the whole Court proposing to
have a Meeting of Commissioners from the General Assem-
blies of the several Colonies in New England to agree upon
such Measures as may be most proper, in respect to the
Money allowed by the Parliament of Great Britain, to these
Colonies in New England, to reimburse them, as to their
Charges in the Reduction of Cape Breton; I have also
inclosed a Copy of the Bill therein refer’d to, which was
projected by Our Assembly the last Winter, before we were
at any Certainty about the Payment of the said Money ; &
therefore must be altered (at least in the Preamble) if it
should ever pass into an Act, It is prayed that your Honour
would be pleased to lay this Affair before your Assembly,
as soon as possible, & let this Government know as early as
you can, the Result of your Assembly ; that if they should
Judge it necessary to set the Meeting at some further day,
we may have Opportunity to give seasonable Notice of it to
the other Governments. This Government made applica-
tion to your Honour the last Spring for a Meeting of Com-
missioners in the same Affair, but had no Answer thereto.
It is thought the more necessary that this Affair should be
expedited, lest by reason of our Delay, the Parliament of
Great Britain should at their next Session take such
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Measures, as may prove very inconvenient to these Colonies.
I am Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble Servant
J WILLARD
The Time of Meeting is the last Wednesday of this
Month ; Not having time now I will send your the Copies
refer’d to by the next Post J W
The Honbie Jonathan Law Esq^
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Sir,
In Consideration of the great Charge & Burthen lying
upon this Government in the Defence of their Frontiers,
And at the Desire of the Council & House of Represent^es
I must request of your Honour to give immediate Orders
that fifty good Soldiers may be raised out of your militia,
I sent into the County of Hampshire to be posted at Deer-
field & Northfield for the Defence of those Places. I
remain Sir
Your Honors very humble Serv‘
W SHIRLEY.
Boston Novemr 4. 1748
To the Honii Jon'^ Laws Esq^
[Indorsed] Gov^ Shirleys Nov*’*' 4 rec<^ y® ii*'’ 1748
LEWIS MORRIS TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hon^ Sir
I am Sorry of this Occasion of writing to your Honour,
which is to acquaint you. That Notwithstanding my Decree
long since given in the Case of the French Snow Le Hereure
Retour, & Lading, Cap” Burnham or his Agents still keep
the Lading in their Posession & refuse to Deliver it. I
therefore now send up a Writt of Execution to the Marshall,
And Hope your Honour will protect him in the Discharge
I.KWIS MORRIS. JONATHAN I.AW.
273
of his Duty, & order him proper Assistance if necessary.
And should lie meet with any Oposition. The Opposers,
& all the Persons Concern’d in the proceedings at New
London, before Elihu Hall as my Deputy after a Super
Sedeas, & He duly Served therewith. May probably be
oblig’d to answer for their Behaviour. And Should there
be a Necessity for a Representation of the whole Affair to
be sent Home, The Consequence may be worse than is at
present imagined.
But I Hope these Gentlemen will prevent any thing of
that Kind by suffering the Officer to do his Duty And I
doubt not but your Honour will Endeavour to prevent
the Necessity of further proceedings in this Affair
I am Your Honours
Most Obedient &
Most Hum Serv‘
LEWIS MORRIS
New York 12*^ Nov*" 1748
[Indorsed by Law] Judge Morris’s of i2‘^ of Nov’’'' rec^i
22'! 1748 at night
JONATHAN LAW TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAR.
Milford Nov^r 14th
Gentlemen
I have rec^i an earnest Request from Gov^ Shirley for
sending forthwith fifty good Souldiers to Dearfield and
Northfield but gives me no other Reason than their having
been at great Charge in Defence of their Frontiers. And
I recoinend it to your Consideration (who are near and have
frequent Intelligence from thence) whether it be needfull
for us to be at that Charge at this time.
I have also from M^ Secry Willard a Copy of the Bill
intended for an Act for putting a Period to the paper Cur-
rency by borrowing Silver formd last Winter and sent to
me in the Spring with a Request for calling an Assembly to
appoint Comrs as was before moved for. which Scheem I
laid before the Assembly in May, and did not perceave any
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Disposition to enter into it. and it seemd to me then and
ever since, to be unnecessary and dangerous for us and since
our Agent informs that the time and maner of the Reim-
bursement is referrd to the L^s of the Treasury and that
they had two Meetings upon it and adjournd again Pel-
ham the head of it being indisposd, intimating they were
come near to a Resolution and that on ye 26^^ of August.
It seems to me a fruitless (to put no harsher term on it)
Undertaking for us to determine how and when we would
have this money given us. so that unless you can advise me
better I shall spare the Charge of an Assembly
And remain your humble Servant
still under much Weakness
JONTH law
the hon^^i® Roger Wolcott Esq^ and the rest of the
hon^i® Comte of Warr
P S. The Assembly have orderd the money into the
Bank if paid without Restriction
J L
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to the Comtee Warr att Hart-
ford Novt’*' 14th 1748
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford Novt^r 14th 1748
S’-
On your Request for sending fifty Souldiers for the
Protection of Dearfield and Northfield, I have sent to D
Gov'' Wolcott and the rest of the Comtee of Warr att Hart-
ford to whom the Protection of the Frontiers is comitted
That in Case they (who are near and have frequent advices
from those parts) think it needful would send the men
thither.
I Remain
Your Excellencies
most humble obedient Servant
JONTH law
Gov' Shirley
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov' Shirley Nov^' i4tt»
1748.
JONATHAN I.AW.
275
JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE WYLLYS.
Milford Nov*^*' 14 1748
S’'
I send to yon herewith a Duplicate of that which was
sent home the last Septemb^ The Comissaries are all sworn,
something remains for Treasurer to make his Affidavit
to. You will add a Copy of the Act directing our Agent to
putt our Reimbursement into the Bank, as you may see I
have signifyd to him in Case our money should be paid with-
out Restriction
Please to Seal and direct my Letter, putt up. Seal and
direct the Paquett. Somebody (I believe) Coll' Trumbal
will take Care that it be speedily sent Home
You will send me Copies of any Acts of Assembly that
are putt under my ^ticular Care as I before desird you
as also Coinissions for our new Military Officers by the
Bearer hereof
JONTH law
M*' Secry Wyllys Esq^
[Indorsed] Copy of A Letter To Secretary Willys Nov'^r
14"^ 1748
JONATHAN LAW TO JOSIAH WILLARD.
Milford Nov'’*' 14 1748
S’’
I think it must be thro forgetfullness or Inadvertency
That you say the Assembly had no Answer to an Applica-
tion made to me for a meeting of Com^s on the like
Occasion In Evidence where of I inclose to you a Copy of
my Letter to Gov^ Shirley of the 19"’ of March last and an
Extract of a Letter of June the 4*'’
And I must add farther That by divers Letters from
our Agent E Palmer Esq*" I am in[ Jed That the Par-
liament have referrd the time & maher of payment of ye
money for a Reimbursement of our Cape Breton Expences
to the L<is of the Treasury who mett upon it and adjournd
and on the 26"’ of August they had made anoth[ ] Ad-
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journment by Reason of their not coming to a Resolution
and Mr Pelham’s Indisposition, which Resolution is doubt-
less come into long ere this time. It seems to me to no
purpose for us to whom the matter is not left, to prescribe
in that Affair
And for us who are in Debt, to increase it, by unprofit-
able Expences dos not appear to me to be consistant with
prudence, altho some say this Gov‘ looses 60000I1 a year in
the Senkage of the money for want of having our proportion
out yet the pleasure* of being so much less in Debt is more
desirable than the profetts of the Senkage. And our
Assembly have directed our Agent That if the Reemburse-
ment be paid without Restriction That he putt the money
into the Bank. Wherefore I cant without further Advice
(which I am seeking after) think it proper to call an
Assembly
am Sr Your most obedient
Humble Servant
JONTH law
To J. Willard Esqr
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter To Secretary Willard Novt>r
14th 1748.
JONATHAN LAW TO ELIAKIM PALMER.
Milford Nov’’'" 14*^ 1748
S’'
I herewith send you a Duplicate of that w^h was sent
on the 2 2<i of September last
Since which I have rec'i yours of the & also of ye
26^^ of Angst which I comunicated to our. Assembly and
they have directed That upon your rec* of yr money without
Restriction, you putt it into the Bank but not having rec^ a
Copy of the Act I shall direct Mr Secry to inclose herewith
a Copy of it
*The three preceding words appear to have been substituted for the words
“ but the burthen.”
JONATHAN LAW.
277
I have just rec^ from M"" Secry Willard a Bill for an
Act of the Assembly att Boston reviving the Bill they
formd the last Winter for putting a Period to the paper
Currency by borrowing what money should be wanting
(when the Reimbursement should be made) on Interest for
12 years of some Gentlemen in great Brittain and giving it
in Exchange for y® Bills, desiring me to call an Assembly
to appoint Com^s to meet Com''s from all the Gov‘s in N
England, least the next Parliament should order that mat-
ter to our Disadvantage complaing they had mov’d for it
the last Spring to which they had no Answer.
But I imediately wrote to Gov'' Shirley, (wh®>’ was in
April) that since our usual Sessions in the beginning of May
was so near, it was not advisable to increase our Expences
by calling an Assembly and that as to the method projected
I doubted not of our Ability to call in all our outstanding
Bills when we should be assisted by a Reimbursement and
that on much easier Terms than by recovering the Silver
borrowed and the Interest upon it when it should be dis-
persd and the hazard we must run in its coming and
returnng and after our Assembles rising I signifyd to him
That I had laid their Scheem before our Assembly, but
having a rumour that they had rejected it and hearing
nothing further from him, nothing was done about it.
And now since you inform me that the time and maiier
of payment is left with the L^s of the Treasury and they
have had two Meetings upon it and Adjournd, That a Deci-
sion here, will be of no significancy till Beggars may be
Choosers I cant yet see it needfull to add to our Expences
the Charge of calling an Assembly
The Orders of his Grace the D of Bedford for publish-
ing the Proclamations for a Cessation of Arms with France
and with Spain and Genoa have been duely attended
A Comtee are appointed to make answer to the Queries
made by y Lordshipps of the Board of Trade, but they say
they cant accomplish it before next May.
Such a Premium as will bear proportion to the Premium
for raising Indico according to the Different Value of Silk
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and Indico in England I would hope would he an Induce-
ment to our people to furnish themselves with Mulberry-
Trees and other conveniences for that Service, but I have
not yet learnd the Value of either in England
am Sr
Your most Obedient humble Servant
JONTH law
To Eliakim Palmer Esq*-
[Indorsed] Copy of A Letter to Eliakim Palmer Esqr Nov^r
14th 1748.
GEORGE WYLTAS TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford Nov^ iSti’ 1748
S’-
The Pacquet by Mr Baldwin, came safe to my Hand,
shall observe the Directions concerning it, and endeavour
speedily to have the Accost® perfected and transmitted to
Col° Trumble for Conveyance to Boston &c. I see no Act
of the last Assembly, wherewith the Govr is especially con-
cerned, but the enclosed;* the Bearer has the Comissions
for Military Officers at Milford. I have Occasion to write
a short Letter to Mr Palmer relating to a particular Affair
of my own, and hope to obtain your Honrs Pardon if it
should go enclosed in the Pacquet
I am Your Honour’s
most Obedient Hum^'® Serv‘
GEORGE WYLLYS
[Superscribed] To the Hon^ie Jonathan Law Esqr Gov-
ernor of the Colony of Connecticut att Milford '^r
Mr Baldwin
[Indorsed] Secry Wyllis’s Nov*^r ig
*The Act which was inclosed desired the Governor to write to Eliakim
Palmer directing him, in case the money for the expenses of the Cape Breton
expedition was paid to him without restriction, to place it in bank in England
where it would draw interest; whence the Colony would draw it out with all
possible speed to draw in and discharge their bills of credit.
JONATHAN LAW. ELIAKIM PALMER. 279
JONATHAN LAW TO JEREMIAH MILLER.
The above* I Receiv^ y« Last night by one Rogers who
Says he is Sworn a D marshall by whome I was Solicited to
add to his authority but I told him I Did not See any thing
I was Desir<i to do by Morris there being no necessity
appearing at Present, he Said Judge Morris’ Commission
Gave him Power to Command the aid and assistance of all
y® Justices &c: in y® Colony. I Told him then he would
Lay his Commands on them, I was not apprehensive it was
within my Province I Should be very Ready to Do any thing
which Should appear to me to be my Duty herein.
Rogers Shewed me an Execution Desir^i I would Sign
it but I Did not think it proper for me to Sign an Execution
wherein I was not Concern*^ in y® Judgment
You will be advisd what is proper to be Done in y®
Case
In great haste (the Post waiting) I Subscribe
Your humble Servant
JONTH law
Mr Miller
Milford Nov^t y® 23. 1748
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to M^ Miller Nov’^r 23 upon
rec‘ of one from Judge Morris 1748
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
London i Dec^ 1748
Sir
Since I wrote Your Honr last (Coppy of w®>r has already
been forwarded) I have receivd from Messr® Pitkin &
Trumble an Acco°‘ of y® Colony’s Disbursments in Garri-
zoning the City & Fortress of Cape Breton also a Further
Acco“ of Espences Incurr’d in the Intended Espedition
ags‘ Canada of both which I shall make a proper use as
occasion may require
* See under Nov. 12, 1748.
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I have in a former Letter acquaint*! Your Honour that
the Lords of the Treasury had refer’d the Power sent me
for receiving the money Granted to the Colony by Parliamt
for reimbursing the Espences they had been at on Acco“ of
Cape Breton to the Attorney and Solicitor Generali for their
Opinion in regard to the Sufficiency of it, And you have
herewith a Coppy of their report upon the said Reference by
which it will appear to Your Honour that a Power of
Attorney under the Common Seal of the Colony is looked
upon as necessary for my receiving the said Money in Case
the Affair was attended w*!* no other Difficulty. And as it
seems very probable that the Merchants Petition against
the payment of it but under Certain restrictions may have
some Weight w^ii their Lordships I should recommend it as
a means of removing all Cloggs to this Affair that the
Colony should come to some resolution implying an Inten-
tion to apply this money towards sinking the Paper Cur-
rancy that is now Circulating among you, if such a Measure
should be Deem’d Consistent w^i^ the Interest of the Colony.
The Affair of the Canada Troops remains in the same
Scituation it was in when I wrote you last for want of Gov’^
Shirleys Accosts are made more necessary by his having
(as Im informd) in some of his Letters lately come to hand
set the Colony of Connecticut in a Disadvantagious Light
in regard to that Affair If It’s in my power to render such
Representations Ineffectual it will give me great pleasure
who Am
Yor Honrs & the Colony s
most Faithfull hum!> Serv‘
ELIARM PALMER
PS You will receive herew* Coppys of the Merch‘s
Petition above mentioned & also a power of Attorney trans-
mitted to the Agent for Rhode Island & referr’d to in the
Attorney & Solicitor Generali’s Report.
To the Hoffie JoN^ Law Esqr
[Superscribed] To The Hon^e Jonathan Law Esqr
[Indorsed] Agent Palmers Dec^r i 1748 rec’d April 6^^ 1749
M — Nov’^r 14 N H went Jam 10* M came Home 20^^
N H went March 18*^ M came Home April 5*^ N H went
REPORT OF ATTORNEY GEN’l AND SOLICITOR GEN’l.
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REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SOLICITOR
GENERAL.
To the Right Honom-able ye Lords Commissioners of
his Majestys Treasury
May it please your Lordships
In pursuance of your Lordships desire Signified to Us
by M*" West in his letter of the 21 OctoV last Representing
that your Lordships having had under Consideration the
payments of the several Sums granted by Parliam‘ last
Session to reimburse the Several Provinces & Colonies in
North America the Expences they have been at in taking &
securing Cape Breton to which payment y^ Lorships were
very desirous of giving all proper dispatch and that the
agents for the said colonies on y® one hand having applied
for the immediate payment of the said sums & produced
Copys of y® powers under w®'’ they Claim the same, & the
Merch^s trading to New England having on y® other hand
offered Reasons in a Memorial against such payment and
that yf Lordships not being well satisfied that what the
Agents call their Powers are sufficient Authoritys on which
such large sums may legally be issued as well by reason of
the dates of some of them being Antecedent to the grants
As because they do not appear to be derived from legal
acts of Gener' assemblys Your Lordships were pleas’d to
transmit y® said several memorials & powers to Us to take
y® same into consideration together with y® Votes of the
House of Commons & Clause of Appropriation & to desire
our Opinion wether these Powers are such as to oblige or
will in law sufficiently justify your Lordships to Assure the
sums without Account, to y® Agents respectively; Espesially
as the Agent of y® Principal Province has refused to give
security for Answering the trust in him reposed & Account-
ing in the Exchequer for y® same.
We have taking y® said Several papers into Considera-
tion (all which are herewith returnd to your Lordships) &
have been attended by the respective Agents & by some of
the petitioners in the Petition of y® New England Marches
whom we thought it proper to give Notice of this Reference.
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As to the Powers to Bollan from the Massach^s Bay
& to Mr Palmer from Connecticute they are only Votes of
assembly; But as they have no letter of Attorney under the
seal of ye Provinces who are Corporate Bodys by Charter
from the Crown & cannot regularly mak Attorneys but
under their Common Seal, We are of Opinion that those
Gentlemen are not properly Authorized for that purpose.
And tho’ general Agents have been some times made by
Votes of assembly & such Agents have Acted on the foot of
such Authoritys which have been Acquiesc’t in Yet in a
matter relating to ye Revenue & ye Issuing of large Sums
of Publick money given by Act of Parliament out of his
Majestys Treasury, we conceive nothing should be done but
according to ye strict Rules of Law. Nor do we think that
ye giving security, if offered for due accounting for the
money would be a sufficient ground to dispence wti^ those
Rules in the present Case.
With respect to Partrige’s Power from Rhod
Island; As he Produced to Us an Authority under ye seal of
ye Province (a Copy of which was sent to Us from your
L^Ships) we are of Opinion Your Ships may be well
Justified in paying him ye sum Appropriated by ye said act
to Rhode Island upon his giving a proper Receipt and
leaving w^i^ your L<i ships his said Power.
However as the Merchants of New England have by
their Petition Represented the inconveniences arising from
the paper Credit given in that Province as well as in the
Massacfits Bay & desired the paym* of these sums might wait,
till it be seen, what steps wou’d be taken there to Redress
that Grievance, Mr Partrige acquainted Us that he was will-
ing the money Appropriated to Rhode Island might be pli’d
in the Bank till further Instructions from his Province.
As to New Hamshire, it appearing from an Extract of
Captain Tomlinsons letter to M^ West, which he likewise
Confirm’d to Us that he cannot produce at present either ye
Original or a Copy of his Power & representing such power
as he has to be only a general power of Agency not adapted
to this perticular purpose. We are of Opinion Yr Lordships
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283
cannot be justified in issuing to him the money giv" to y‘
Province tho from his Character & y® General sence of y®
Merchants We done conceive any doubt of his being their
General Agent
All which is humbly Submitted
to your Lord Ships great judgment
D; RYDER
W: MURRY*
23 Nov*' 1748
[Indorsed] Report of the Attorney & Solicitor General
upon a Reference from y® Lords of the Treasury
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford Dec^r 6 1748
5'-
Yours of the 28^'’ of Nov^*'' last I rec'i.
On the i4‘*i of Nov*”" I wrote to M*" Secry Willard in
answer to what Your Excellency refers, And it not
being agreeable to my Judgment to call an Assembly on
that Occasion nor with the Sentiments of any of the Gentle-
men near me I sent to the D Gov and Gentlemen of the
Council above for their Advice in that Affair in Case they
thot it advisable but have rec'^ Nothing from them.
Since which I have rec^ Advice from our Agent on the
27^1^ of August That the L'ls of the Treasury had intimated
to the several Agents That they would order one third part
of the money on Condition of their giving Bond into
the Exchequer for the Application of it. to which they
demurrd; the grant being absolute at which Interim a
♦Sir Dudley Ryder, 1691-1756, was Attorney-General 1737-54, when he became
Lord Chief Justice of the King’s bench and Privy Councillor.
William Murray, 1705-93, at this time Solicitor-general, and Attorney-General
1754-6, then became Lord Chief Justice and Earl of Mansfield. He was probably
the greatest English judge in history: among his titles to fame are the permanent
abolition of slavery in England, and the conversion of mercantile law from a chaos
of unrelated items to a virtual code. Still better known, though his authorship
of them is usually not, are his advice to a young lawyer, “When you have no case,
abuse the plaintiff’s attorney’’; and to a colonial governor not a lawyer, never to
give any reasons for his decisions, because the decisions as common-sense would
probably be right, while the reasons would probably be illogical and discredit the
decisions.
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Petition was preferrd by some Merch‘s in London and N
England Gentlemen That nothing should be paid without
the calling in of all our paper Currency which their L^shipps
took into Consideration, whereby I am further confirmd
That for us to be at further Expence here will be fruit-
les; and our Assembly did in October Resolve That the
money if paid without Restriction should be improvd for
calling in and discharging our Bills so farr as it will go, of
which I have given Esq'' Palmer Notice, which is the need-
full at present from
Your Excellencies
obedient humble Servant
J L
Gov' Shirley
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov' Shirley Decker 6 1748
JEREMIAH MILLER TO JONATHAN LAW.
N. Lond'^ Dec' 6* 1748
S’-
The fav' of yo' Hon's Letter, & Copy, of ye 23*^ of
Nov' Ult. I should have acknwledg’d E’r Now, but that I
was at Norwich Court, and had not opty for it ’till now
I took the Liberty to Shew yo' Hon's Lett' to y®
members of y® Court & the most Judicious of y® Attorneys
present, and took advice that We might be provided against
Every Event, but Little tho’t Morris his D. Marsh*' wou’d
be here so soon the Next Day after I had the advice from
yo' Hon' While at Norwich & Co" Saltonstall, the Agent
to y® Company of y® Defence out of Town Came young
Rogers, & by a wile. He & a Company in Eastons Inter-
est got into y® Co"s Warehouse w[ ] the French Goods
Were, soon after this. Even before they had time to Re-
move any of y® Goods M' Saltonst" Came Home, turnd
the Company out & Secur’d y® Store, and all with Little
or no Resistance & no breach of Peace ; Where y® young
Chap now is I know not. We have had no Noise ab' the
Matter since.
JEREMIAH MILLER.
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We have pursu‘ to order of Assembly Sold y® Coloney
Sloop Mr Jabez Huntington of Norwich bid Her off at
^4860 pounds if I remember right, payable to y® Goyr &
C® in one year w‘^out Interest.
I have to add but y‘ I begg yor Homs advice in Evry
Contingenc}’’ Relating to y® ^mises, & in Every thing Re-
lating to y® Good of y® Coloney wherein I Can Cast in my
mite
& am your Hon^s most obliged
Hum’® Serv’
JER. MILLER
To Govr Law
[Indorsed] Mr Millers Dec^r g
JEREMIAH MILLER TO JONATHAN LAW.
N. Lond” Deer y® 12, 1748
.S>
Since y® Colony Sloop Defence his bin Sold to Mr
Jabez Huntington of Norwich, & y® Bill of Sail Executed &
proper Security taken to the Govr & Company for payment
agreeable to the Tern of y® Act of Assembly in y® Case, He
has apply’d to me for a Register; I Don’t know that She
Ever had a Register, if She had I can’t find it ; the Sloop is
Intended to Sea very Soon, He beggs yor Honr to Send by
y® Return a Register De Novo, y® former if any Were,
being Lost, yor Honr knows When & Where built and that
Her Burth® is ab‘ 90 Tons
If yor Horn charges fees, (tho Mr Hunt® Left none In
my Hands) I shall transmit It pr y® Post
I am yor Honrs
Most Hum’® Servt
JER. MILLER
To Govr Law
[Superscribed] To the Hon^’® Jonath^ Law Esqr Governr
&c a Milford per Jer. Miller
[Indorsed] Mr Millers Dec'^r 12 1748
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JOSIAH WILLARD TO JONATHAN LAW.
Province of the |
Massachusets Bay. )
Boston January 28. 1748.
Sir,
You will have herewith a Copy of an Act lately passed
by this Court for drawing in our Bills of Credit, & ascer-
taining the Rate of Coined Silver. As these Matters
affected your Government, We seasonably signified to you
our Desire that you would join with Us in concerting
Measures to effect them & extend their Operations through-
out the several Governments of New England; But failing
of your Assistance We could not let slip so favourable an
Opportunity of doing them within our own Province: Nor
could We In pursuing this Design, avoid prohibiting the
Currency of the Bills of your Government among us, at the
same time that we agreed to sink our own ; Pass’d Experi-
ence having convinced us that it is impracticable to keep a
Silver Currency among us while a Paper Currency is
continued.
It was with great Reluctance that we agreed to any
Paragraphs in this Act which affected the Bills of the other
Governments, especially those of Connecticut, of whose
good Disposition We are so well apprized, as to make no
Doubt of your contributing your utmost Efforts towards
the Establishment of a Silver Currency at this favourable
Juncture at the same Rates we have done, & in such
manner as shall be most agreable to your own Circum-
stances: And we declare ourselves ready to do every thing
reasonable on our Part to cultivate a good Agreement with
our Neighbours in pursuing the general Design, which is of
so much Importance to the Inhabitants of each Governm*.
In the Name & by Order of the Great & General Court
or Assembly
JOSIAH WILLARD Secretary
To the Hon^ie Jonathan Laws Esq^ Governor of the
Colony of Connecticut, To be communicated to the General
Assembly of the said Colony.
[Indorsed] Secry Willards of Jan^ 28**’ rec<i febr 8*^1748— 9
SAMUEL WELLES.
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SAMUEL WELLES TO ROGER WOLCOTT.
Boston, Jan^v 31. 1748/9
Sir,
Herewith you have our act for sinking the paper Bills
and introducing a more stable Currancy, for which end it
was absolutely necessary to prohibit the passing of the bills
of the other Governments which had comonly been taken
here in trade & comerce, & therefore we were compelled to
restrain the Currancy of Connecticut Bills as well as those
of New Hampshire & Rhode Island, notwithstanding our
universal opinion of your much greater moderation &
Justice in Issuing & drawing in your bills of Credit.
You have also copy of the letter sent Governour Law
to be laid before your General Court, whether he will call
the Assembly & do it on this occasion or not, we cannot
tell, but imagine it may be of considerable weight to move
him if your Hour & the Gentlemen about you shall incline
to it, with this view it is, I give you the trouble of this, &
perswade myself that if you consider the circumstances of
the Case you will think it may be very beneficial that your
Court should meet as soon as may be, the uniformity of the
Councils & determinations of these two Governments,
which are four fifths of New England, will be of great
weight to induce the Parliament to give their aid where it
may be wanted, & without that, may probably convince the
other two small & most enormous Governments, how much
their interest & being, depend on some thorough care to
redeem their Bills, for if these two Governments shall agree
in refusing them, their bills will be imediately wast paper.
I am apprehensive our act will be objected against by
two sorts of men in very contrary circumstances, those who
are large Creditors or possessors will think more than a
mill’d Piece of Eight should be given for forty five shillings
old Tenor of the bills, because a great part of the bills were
Issued when a Piece of Eight went for but 25/ or 30/ &
that therefore the bills Sh<i be redeem’d at that rate, the
other sort of men who are pretty much ingag’d in trade &
have little due any long time to them & have a pretty deal
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to pay for debts newly contracted, think it hard that they
should pay a Debt of 45/ with a piece of Eight which they
say will now & has for some time past, been sufficient to
pay a Debt of 50/ this (they say) is making them pay ten
pr Cent more than is due.
Those things have been much considered & the propor-
tion has, after long deliberation, been concluded on & seems
to be considerably satisfactory to the people in Gen^ both in
Town & Country; should it have been set at 25/ or 30/ pr
piece of Eight tho it might have been Just in some few
particular Cases, yet it would have been most severe &
Cruel in ten times as many instances, as most of the
possessors have rec^ their bills when they were between 50/
& £,2) P’’) 02 & had the Court gone to the other extremity &
redeem’d the bills at the rate of 50/ for a piece of Eight, it
would have been such a manifest partiality in favour of the
Debtor that there would have been great danger of Such
interposition from home in favour of the Creditor, as might
have been very grievous, to procure which, there were
divers men, much engaged on both sides the water.
The great thing which seems to require your acting
speedily, is, that they may see at home, not only that the
bills of Credit in New England will be redeemed, but that
a stable Currancy will succeed & be Establisht, this last
consideration of a lasting Equitable Medium is the great
thing which will encourage them to favour us & do every
thing that may render our Efforts effectual, & there is great
danger, that the Parliament or ministry will think it proper
to delay payment till sufficient provision be made on this
head, & therefore as nothing can be done conclusively
hereon, so far as it relates to you, but by your General
Court, it seems very requisite they should meet as soon as
may be.
I hope my good friends in Connecticut will forgive me,
that I so often concern myself in their affairs; It is, not
only from my affection to my native Country, but from the
large proportion of what I have in the world, which lyes
among them; I may be mistaken & undesignedly hurt
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them, but cannot, wilfully, till I am set against myself; I
am the more solicitous in this affair & have been so, ever
since it has been in agitation, because, it is not probable
there will again, be such another opportunity to end paper
money and the only thing, I am at present much concerned
about, is, that nothing may interrupt a harmony between
your Governmnt & this, which designing men, especially
those who would be glad to continue paper money, will be
very industrious to break or prevent, whether they live with
you or with us; but there is no foundation or colour for it,
our Interests are the same, that truth & Justice may take
place & prevail, that we may save our Estates from being
a prey to Rhode Island & New Hampshire Bills, by which
they have been sinking & washing away, especially by the
exorbitant fiouds of Rhode Island for almost forty years.
I give you this trouble not merely on my own thoughts
the Govern'' & Gentlemen of the Council desire it, as sup-
posing that if you & the Gentlemen about you shall
advise to the Calling a General Court, it will be very likely
to accomplish it, & there seems now to be a very convenient
season for it. Just before the Circuit of your superior Court
begins, and I am afraid, that there are such numbers of
men who have found their private profit (tho at the expence
of the Public) by the depreciation of the paper bills, that
they will lay blocks in the way of our deliverance from the
terrible Calamity of paper money, which I Really believe to
have been one of the Greatest mischiefs that ever befell
either your Governm' or ours, as to our spiritual as well as
temporal Interests, for the strange doings about it by all
the Governments in New England have tempted people to
believe there was no such thing as Justice or Coinon
Honesty, & that such things were only to be talkt of not
practised, and as to our temporal Interests, while men could
pay ;!^ioo with ^75, they have been tempted to leave
Industry & labouring with their hands & turn Jockys &
Hucksters to live by their wits & sharping upon their
neighbours by money they have borrowed & could pay so
easily. It would require a volume to represent these things
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in all their black colours, & I know you need it not who
have such Just thots on this subject, I have written to my
Brother & Cob Pitkin on this affair, who I perswade myself
will readily add their weight, I am with a very high respect
Your Most Hume Serv‘
SAMUEL WELLES
The Honourable Gov^ Wolcot
SAMUEL LYNDE AND JOHN RICHARDS TO JONATHAN LAW.
New London Feb^y 1748/9
Hon^<^ Sir
Yesterday about 7 or 8 of the Chiefs or heads of the
Tribe of the Mohegan Indians came To us the Subscribers
(being by Act of Assembly Appointed their Guardians) And
Seem verry Uneasy that they have.no Sacham or Chief And
desire (if it may be Allowed) that they may in Some Short
Space of Time Choose one, we Told them that it did not
pertain to us Either to Consent or dissent in the affair, but
at the Same Time advised them not to make much Stirr
about the Matter, but to be Calm and Cool and Keep their
designs and Actions among themselves (otherwise they
might depend Some Emissary or other would Sow the Seeds
of Division Among them) and that we would Inform Y^
Honour of the Matter and Desire Your Oppinion and
Advice about the affair which If you’l please to favor us
with we Shall Communicate the Same To them
This from Your Hon^s Most Obedient Humble Serves
SAMUEL LYNDE
JOHN RICHARDS
[Indorsed by Law] Colb Linds and Esq*" Richards febr 16
1748/9
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston Febry. 20. 1748
Sir,
I have lately received Intelligence ( which your Honour
will find contained in the inclosed Paper) of the Prepara-
WII.MAM SllIKMiV. ISRAKl, WIU.IAMS. 2(JI
tions making by the French of Canada for the Settlement of
the Lands near Crown Point; And I make no Question of
the Truth of it, It being a Thing I always expected would
be attempted by them immediately upon a Peace; And I
look upon the Affair to be of such Consequence as to re-
quire the utmost Efforts of the English Governments in
every proper way to prevent it: And (besides its being a
Matter of general Concern to all his Majestys Colonies on
the Continent of America, who may in Process of Time be
equally endangered by the Spreading & Growth of the
French upon our Borders) as your Colony, as well as ours,
will be more immediately affected herewith, I judged it
necessary to comunicate this Intelligence to you ; & to de-
sire you would maturely consider this Matter & let me have
your Opinion, What may be proper to be done by the
English Governmts (In case the French should make
these Incroachm‘s upon his Majestys Territories) for pre-
venting them before it be too late
I am Sir with great regard
Your Honour's most Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
The Hon'^'e Gov^ Laws
[Indorsed] Gov*" Shirleys febrv 2o‘h rec<i March 2^ 1748-9
ISRAEL WILLIAMS TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Extract of a Letter from Israel Williams Esq'' to
Governour Shirley.
Hatfield Feby 13'*' 1748
Sir.
The II* Instant Col° Willard sent a Frenchman to me,
who the Wednesday before came to Fort Dummer he calls
his name Jean Orange, and gives this account of himself,
that seven days before his arrival at Fort Dummer he came
from Crown point where he had been for sometime a Soldier,
and that he deserted the Service and came to New England
with hopes to get home to France from whence he came
about six years ago; It’s possible he may give the true
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reason of his running away, he is very desirous of getting
to Boston and having an opportunity to send him along
without much charge to the Government, I have ordered
him to your Excellency to be disposed of as you think pro-
per. He says there is about an hundred Soldiers now at
crown point, no Indians out, and that both French and
Indians are in full Expectation of an established peace, also
that the French are preparing & intend very soon to come
and settle the Lands near Crown point, it seems they little
fear the Success of Mr Bollans memorial (if they have ever
heard of it) or the Attempts made to procure the Demoli-
tion of that Fort, and" their removal from thence, our peo-
ple that have been there one and all represent the Lands
East & South of Crown point for a great extent, exceeding
rich, valuable & suitable for Settlements.
Examined ^ J. Willard Secry
[Indorsed by Law] Copy of Israel Williams to Gov"" Shirley
febr 18 1748-9
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford March 1748-9
A’"
I had the favour of yours of the 20‘h of february As to
his Majties Territories how farr North or Nor West they
extend I do not know, but I understand We are bounded
North with your Province and Dearfield lyes about fourteen
miles South of Albany and your Colony Line runns thro
some part of Northfield so that your Gov‘ and ours are
vastly Southward of Crown point We have an Authority to
make warr on any that shall invade us and on any not in
Alliance with the Crown of great Brittain yet if any Con-
quest and Acquisition should be made by us against his
Maj‘’®s Enemies, it would be for his Maj‘y and not for our
selves and had we have taken Canada it had been in the
same Predicament with Cape Briton and so would Crown
point unless his Majty should have judgd it to be within his
Territories and you by your Agent M*" Bollen have given
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293
Information of the french Incroachment which is all we can
do, since a Cessation of Armes is coinanded. I think
nothing remains for us but to make our selves as defen-
sible on our own Borders as we can. When this Countrey
shall be populated (as god and nature has made it capable
of,) it cant be otherwayes but one Kingdome or Gov‘ must be
contiguous to another as in Europe and some other parts of
the terrestial Globe I have seen an acc‘ of a motion made
for a Tract of unoccupied land in North America (which I
guess to be between N England and Canady) by y® Settle-
ment wof the Hospitals and Parishes may be easd of y^
Poor, and will be a Barrier to us.
Puffendorf in his Introduction to the History of Europe
dos frequently remark the Misfortunes of great Monarcks
in extending their Dominions too farr.
Mr Secrys of Janr 28^^ I rec'i february 8th inclosing a
printed Copy of your Act ab‘ the paper Currency to be
comunicated to the gen' Assembly, to do so is my steady
practice whenever they meet, but on Monday last Gov^
Wolcott mett with a Letter at my house (brot by Coll'
Jos: Pitkin) from Mr Wells urging (and as he said by the
Motion of y® Govr and Council) to call an Assembly here
forth with. I asked the Advice of the D. Govr Gentlemen
of the Council and had but one hand in favor of it. so I
leave it to usual Sessions
I had some time before a Motion made by Mr Secry and
on the 2<i of Dec'^r jjy yours of the 28‘h of Novhr for calling
an Assembly to appoint Comrs to conferr on your Bill for
putting a Period to y® paper Currency On which I signifyd to
you on the 6'h of Dechr That it not agreeing with my Senti-
ments, I had sent to the D Govr and Gentlemen above for
yr Advice and had rec<i none: since which I have had Advice
from Mr Palmer That he had petitiond yr L^shipps for the
iinediate payment of the one third part and tenderd Secur-
ity as they requird yet the payment was delayd, the cause
whereof he knew not. Also That the Charge of the Canada
Regiment being left to one of the Paymasters & Secry of
Warr, they had made no Report thereon Your Excellency
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having signifyd to one of the Secrys of State That you
would give an Acc‘ and had not done it.
As to our depreciating Medium I am not insensible of
the Injustice of it and am a Sufferer by it to as high a
Degree as any one of no better fortune, yet I am per-
swaded, it would be no difficult thing for this Gov‘ when
advantaged by the Reimbursements justly due to us to
senk all our outstanding Bills if those who take Benefitt
by the depreciating of them be not too numerous for those
more honestly inclind, be sure the Council have alwayes
shewn their Zeal for any proper Measures for reducing the
publick Debts.
The Motion came too late for calling an Assembly be-
fore the Circuit and a little time will bring May Court
where I flatter my self some proper Measures will be
taken for removing the present Difficulty and establishing
a stable Medium of Trade
I am Your Excellencys
Most Obedient humble Servant
J L
Gov^ Shirley
PS In 1740 Our Assembly upon an Order from the
Lds Justices to publish and putt in Execution an Act of
Parliament made in the sixth year of Queen Ann for Settl-
ing ye Rates of forrein Coynes in her Majt'es Plantations in
America did Order the s<i Act to be printed and published
with the Acts of our Assembly.
And I doubt not of your Excellencies Consideration of
the sd Act of Parliament and should be glad to know how
our setting forreign Coyns at an higher Rate will ride clear
of that Act of Parliament for Instance a piece of eight
settled at 4s-6«i to pass for 45s old tenor iis-3d new and after
3i®‘ of March next at 6s ^ piece.
J L
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov^ Shirley March 2^
1748-9
F.LIAKIM PALMER.
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ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
London 4 Mar 1748/9
To the Ilonbt' Jon" Laiv Esq^
Sir/
My last to your Honour was of i Dec Copy of
which has been forwarded, & I have now to inform the
Colony that there is preparing to be brought into Parliam‘
a Bill for regulating Paper Currency in all the Colonies &
for Inforcing the Kings Instructions to the Govern‘‘s upon
the same Plan which I transmitted to your Hour in the Year
1744 which I have given all the Opposition I could without
Doors & .shall use my best Endeavours in Behalf of the
Colony to prevent its passing into a Law in the mean time
I shall from time to time advise you what steps are taken
in this Affair
I Presume I need not remind your Hon^ of Transmit-
ting to me a Power of Attorney from the Colony & under
their Seal to Enable me to receive the Money Granted by
Parliam‘ for reimbursing the Expences of take Cape Breton
a Vote of the Gen' Court not being deem’d (We find)
Sufficient for that Purpose
The Pay of Canada troops is still Postpon’d for want of
Gov'' Shirleys Reasons to Support his Charge against those
rais’d in Connecticut which being only in General Terms
(that very great Abatem' ought to be made) an intire Stop
is put to all Proceedings in the Affair, when I had reason
to believe it was very near a Conclusion Why this Repre-
sentation of his did not come sooner is best known on your
side ye Water Having nothing Material to add at pres' I
Conclude
Your Hon's & the Colonys
Faithf" hum'e Serv'
ELIAKM PALMER
[Indorsed] Agents Letter of March 4"' 1748-9
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ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
London 13^^' March 1748/9
Sir
As nothing material has happend in the Colonys Affairs
since the foregoing Coppy of my last* (by way of New
York) I have only to forward a Duplicate of the Attorney
& Solicitor Generali report upon a Reference to them from
the Lords of ye Treasury relating to the Powers transmitted
to the several Agents to enable them to receive the money
Granted by Parliament to those Colonys that Assisted in
the Reduction of Cape Breton, Also Coppy of the power
sent to y® Agent for Rhoad Island w®^ is Deem’d suffic‘ for
that purpose I conclude at pres‘
Yo'' Homs & ye Colony’s
Most FaithP' hum^® serv*
ELIARM PALMER
PS 16 March 1748/9
The Bearer being Detain’d gives me an Opportunity
of inclosing the Votes of the House of Commons by w®*’
appears the Steps I have taken to Oppose the passing of
An Act to inforce the Kings Instructions to his Governours
& laying such absolute restrictions on the Colonys in regard
to the Issue of Paper money and I shall duly advise the
Colony of my Success therein In the meantime I remain &c.
JAMES WADSWORTH TO JONATHAN LAW.
Norwich April 1748
May it please Your Honour
the Deputie Gov'' hath Inquired into the affaire recom-
mended to him and he is of opinion (as he tells me) that
it’s best to fall in with the motion of the Moheags, and to
appoynt Col : Bulkley &c to repare to those Indians at time
&c and to direct them &c yet leaveing them to theire free
choyse. M^ John Richards & J ; Harris Seem both Ingaged
in the affaire Col : Bulkley thinks it best not to meddle in
♦Dated March 4, 1748/9.
JAMES WADSWORTH. EUAKIM PALMER. 297
the matter of chuseing a Sachem, espetially Since we can’t
tell what may hapen at Court where the affaire is Still
depending as far as we can tell, I finde the people have
theire pertecular views, and it’s to me doubtfull what is
best to be don with relation to the Moheags, but must leave
the whole to Your own prudence, being perswaded your
Honour will act for the best. Not further to ad.
I remaine Your Honours
humble & obedient Serv‘
JAMES WADSWORTH
[Superscribed] To the Honourable Jonathan Law Escp
at Millford p'' Robert Walker
[Indorsed] Coll' Wadsworths rec^i april io‘*’ 1749
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
Sir
I wrote your Honour of the 13"’ March (Coppy of w'^'’
has been forwarded) acquainting the Colony w'^ the Steps I
had taken to Oppose y® passing of a Bill bro' into parliament
for Regulated and restraining Paper Currancy, For in forc-
ing the Kings Instructions to his Governours, And Im-
powering them to put a Negative upon all Laws made in
the Charter Governm's as well as those under his Maj'y®
immediate Commission ; And I have now the pleasure of
Acquainting you that I have so far succeeded by my
Petition as to procure a total suppress of the two last Clauses
and the Colony may relye on my best endeavours to have
the whole Bill laid aside at least so far as regards Connecti-
cut, It is now under consideration of a Committee of the
House of Commons before whom I am to be heard by
Councill.
I presume Your Hour is not unacquainted that the
Province of Massachusets have been pleased to join me in a
power or rather Act of the General Court w"’ two other
Gentlemen for receiving the money Granted by Parliam' for
their Expences in the Reduction of Cape Breton, Also to
Solicit an Act for Obliging all the Colonys to call in their
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Paper Curr<=y & prevent y Issuing any more of the like
nature for the future ; But as I did not think it Consistent
my Character as Agent for Connecticut to accept of
the last part of the Tract without your Leave I have
Declin’d Acting therein.
I have to Apprize your Honour of another Affair now
on the Tapis which in my Opinion very Greatly Concerns
all the Colonys in America but more particularly those
whose Affairs of Governm‘ are in the hands of Dissenters
from the Establishd Church And that is a Scheme w<=h is on
Foot for sending Bishops among you w'=’^ are to be created
on purpose; This the present Bishop of London has very
much at heart, and as it is a Matter w'=^ so plainly speaks
its own Importance I flatter myself I shall not be tho‘ over
officious in bearing the strongest Testimony (as Your Agent)
against it. Being a Measure which has so Direct a
Tendancy to Introduce Ecclesiastical Tyrany amongst a
people whose Ancestors have so severely felt the bad Effects
of it as ours have done I have given ye Alarm to our
Brethren on this side the Water who as a Body have
Deputed Docf Avery & myself to attend fur Great Men
upon the Affair and I can assure you that for the present a
Stop is put to it. Which w^^ my best Respects & services
to the Colony is all that offers from
Yo^’ Honrs most Faithf'
humie serv‘
ELIAKM PALMER
London 15 Apr'i 1749
To the Honie Jon^ Law
[Indorsed by LawJ Agents of 15 of April rec^ June 14 1749
[In another hand] Eliakim Palmer Esqr Agent
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
Fort George in New York
ist May 1749
Having been violently abased by Captain Robert Rod-
dam of our Station Ship, and his Accomplices, in enticeing
GEORGE CLINTON.
299
& carrying away my Eldest Daughter, who was married to
him last Munday, by Benjamin Strong, Minister of the
Gospel at Stonwich (or Stanwich) within tenn Miles of
Birom River, in your Government, without a Licence, or
Publication usual there, or my privity or Consent, and in
the most notorious manner, destructive & detrimental to all
civil Society, or common Friendship; as well as to the inex-
pressible grief of Mrs Clinton & Self.
And as I am resolutely determined, to prosecute the
Perpetrators in my Government, who were Accessaries to
it, to the utmost rigour of the Law; I am persuaded that
the inviolable Friendship, that has subsisted between us,
the Abhorrence that must naturaly affect your Breast, &
the Dignity of Governours (which should indispensably be
supported) will incite your Honour to make strict enquiry
into the Affair & prosecute so Notorious a Villain, which I
have the strongest reasons to imagine him to be, & that he
was conscious, (at the same time he did it) that he knew
who she was, and notwithstanding was so mercenary to per-
form the Office.
I desire, in justice to me, that you will immediately
proceed against him, according to the Salutary Laws,
against clandestine Marriages in your Government ; & send
me by the very first oppertunity, what informations you can
possibly procure in the Affair, properly sworn to, that they
may appear as corroborating Evidences, against the Parties
concerned in my Government.
It is not only my paternal resentment, but the Laws of
Nature, the Indignity to Governours, & the prevention of
the like villainy, which spur me on to crie aloud for Justice,
which I make no doubt you will assist me in, in an Affair
of such importance.
I am S'" with great regard
Your Honours most afflicted
and most obedient Servant
G CLINTON
To the Honbie Governour Laws
[Superscribed] To The Honourable Jonathan Laws Esq*"
Governour of Connecticut at Milford N Y 2^wt
[Indorsed] Gov^ Clintons of May rec^ 3<i 1749 5® 6^
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THOMAS HANCOCK TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston May 8‘h 1749
H Gill’ll Sir
The Inclosed I Received ^ Cap‘ Fones to be Forwarded
to you by Order of my Lord Duke, I hope it will Come safe
to you, I had the same for this Province, Rode Island,
New Hampshire & Nova Scotia.
I Cant help Observing to your Honour, That for sev-
eral Years I had the Honour of Transmitting to your Agent
in England, Both Papers and Money, for your Colloriy,
what Reason or offence I might give to Occasion the
Change I Know not, but whenever it maj’’ be in my Power
to Render you any service you will please to Command
HonWe Sir.
Your Most Obedt Humb. Serv*
THOMAS HANCOCK
P S. I have been at some Charge several Times for
Letters for your Goverment, since they Settled with me,
which they are Welcom to.
To The Hon We Jon^ Laws Esq^ Gov^" of Connecticult &c
[Superscribed] on His Majesty’s Service [ ] HonWe
JoN^ Laws Esq’' Governour of Connecticut of Milford
now at Hartford By M^ Butler
COLONY OF CONNECTICUT TO THE BOARD OF TRADE.
May it please your Lordships
We have rec^ your Queries directed to the Govr and
company of this his majt’es colony of Connecticut and in
answer thereto inform your Lordships
I the Scituation of the Colony as hath been found by
repeated & careful observations is between 41 & 42 degrees
of N Latitude and about 71 of Longitude from London
the three most considerable rivers in the colony are Con-
necticut Stratford and New London river the two prin-
cipal branches of which Last mentioned river are called
Quinnebaug and Shetuckett tis bounded Southerly by the
Sea or Sound near which and by the rivers the Soil is more
COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
301
frnitfiill hut the greatest part of the Land is mountainous
and rock)' the climate is very cold in winter and hot in
Summer
2 the Colony is bounded vSoutherly on the vSea or
Sound Easterly on Rhode Island westerly on Newyork
north on the Line of the massachusetts colony
3 as to the Constitution of the Governing the Legisla-
tive power is by the Royal charter vested in the General
assembly which consists of the Gov or in his absence the
D GoV and 12 assistants (whereof the Gov*' or deputy Gov*'
& 6 assists are a c[uorum) & representatives from each town
not exceeding two all which are chosen by the freemen of
the respective towns the Gov*' or deputy Gov*' and assist-
ants are calld the upper house the deputies or representa-
tives the lower house without the concurrence of each
house no act is passd they make Laws institute judicia-
tories appoint judges & other necessary officers who before
they enter upon their respective offices are al sworn they
meet twice in each year viz in may & October & oftener if
calld together by the Gov*' on any emergency
4 the trade of the colony is not Large; horses Lum-
ber & Some provisions are exported to the west india Islands
from whence we receive in exchange Sugar rum molases
Salt & Some bills of exch: what provisions we can Spare
are principally Sent to Boston Newyork & Rhode Island
to pay for european goods which we have mostly from
thence though of Late we have had Some quantities of
goods imported directly from great brittain which trade
we are endeavouring to cultivate as to the number of
Shipping & Seafaring men we must refer you to the acc‘
from the Collector and naval officer which we herewith
transmit and which is Sent quarterly to the commissioners
of the customs
5 our inhabitants take annually of the british manu-
factures all Sorts of woolen cloath Silks Scythes naills glass
pewter brass firearms & all Sorts of cutlery ware the quan-
tity we cannot ascertain
6 We have at present no trade with any foreign
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plantations though before the Late warr we had Some few
vessels that went up the mediterranean with fish with which
they purchas’d bills of exch : and brought the effects home
in british manufactures
7 the methods us’d to prevent illegal trade are a
Strict conformity to the acts of parliament relating thereto
by the collector and Naval officer which we conclude are
effectual
8 the producs of the Country are timber English
grain indian Corn flax hemp tobacco horses cattle Sheep
Swine, Some Small quantities of each of which are annually
exported as before mention^ our manufactures are incon-
siderable our people being generally imployed in clearing
and tilling the earth Some tradesmen there are as tanners
Shoemakers Taylors joyners Smiths carpenters &c without
which we could not Subsist
9 There are Some copper mines but proving un-
profitable are wholly Laid aside Iron ore hath been found
in Sundry places and improv’d to good advantage
10 the Number of our inhabitants of both Sexes & all
ages are computed to be about 70000 whites and 1000 blacks
and they are greatly increased within the ten years Last
past which we attribute (under the divine blessing) to a
wholesom air industrious Life & frugality in Living
11 the militia are computed to be about 10000 recon-
ing from 16 to 50 years of age
12 we have a battery at New London in which are
9 guns mounted, and in our most exposd frontiers many
fortifications to Secure the people from the insults of the
enemy
13 the Indians among us are about 500 in all they
are naturally inclind to idleness and excessive drinking
but the great pains that hath been taken to instruct them
in Literature and in the Christian religion Seems not to be
altogether in vain
14 There are no indians that border upon us the Six
nations So call’d are the nearest who Live partly in New-
york governm* and partly westward of it
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303
15 The Spaniards have no Settlements nearer to us
S‘ Augustine the french at Canada though not very near
have been very troublesom especially Since they have built
a Strong fort on this Side the Lake at a place call’d Crown
point from which they with the Indians very often make
excursions and distress our frontiers & those of Newyork &
the Massachusetts which occasions a great expence in gar-
risoning them
16 The Annual Revenue by Rates and duties in time
of peace amounts to about ^^9000 in bills of credit about 2000
of which is Expended in the Support of Schools for the
education of youth the remainder for the Support of Gov-
ernment vSince the commencem‘ of the warr our expences
have been vastly greater
17 Our civill Establishments are i a Superiour Court
Consisting of one chief judg and four assisting judges this
court Sitts twice in the year in each County in which are
try’d all high crimes and misdemeanors and civil actions
that come to them by appeal from inferior courts
2 an inferiour court in Each county consisting of one
chief judg and three or more justices of the Quor"^ who Sit
twice in the year and oftener if occasion requires for the tryal
of delinquents and Civil actions in all these courts matter of
Law is determined by the court & matter of fact by a jury
3 in Each town are one or more justices of the peace
for Conservation of the peace and tryal of small causes
The militia is divided into thirteen regiments the
officers in Each are A Col" Lieut‘ Col" and major and
in each regiment is a Troop of horse all the officers both
Civil and Military are approved by the Gen" assembly and
commissioned by the Gov
JAMES WADSWORTH
SAMUEL LYNDE
JER MILLER
JNO RUSSELL
ELIHU CHAUNCEY
SETH WETMORE
JOSEPH PLATT
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Colony of Connecticut ss ) u j ,4- .v.
General Assembly f Hartford May ifi. 1749
In the upper House
The foregoing Answer To The Queries from Their
Lordships of The Board of Trade To The Gov^ & Com-
pany of The Colony of Connecticutt & ordered That The
Secretary Direct The Same to The Right Hon^ie The Lords
Coinissioners for Trade & Plantations; & Sign The Same
order of This Assembly
Test George Wyllys Secre
In ye Lower House
The foregoing Answers to ye Queries Reced & Approved
by Concurrence
Test Jn° Fowler Clerk*
HENRY NORRIS JR. TO RALSTON AND PALMER.
London 27 May 1749
Balston & Palmer
Gent.
I am extremely concerned to have Occasion of writing
to you upon so Melancholly a Subject as the Decease of my
dear Friend M*" Eliakim Palmer who was very soon
Snatched from us in the prime & Vigour of Life, after
about 9 or 10 Days Illness only, it was but this Day 3
weeks we had agreed together to set out on the 13 Instant
for Berkshire upon an Invitation from Theobalds, to
him and Mrs Palmer Mrs Norris and my self to spend a few
days there, which was put off on Account of Mr Palmers
being taken ill on the 9 of May. He dined with me that
Day (being particularly Invited on Account of its being
his Wedding Day) was very Chearful ’tho Complained of
Illness, went from me early and went to Bed, had a Low
Fever of the Nervous kind attended with a Lax, but from
which we did not Apprehend any great danger ’till the 16
at night when the first Appearance of a Delerium came on.
* This document is evidently the original report of the committee of the
Assembly by whom it is signed. As transmitted to England, it was probably
signed by the Governor or Secretary or both of these officials.
HKNRY NORKIS, JR.
305
’tho did not Continue Long, for about ^ of an Hour his
Reason came on (say Returned) he was sensible of what
had happened and Apologized with his usual Good Nature
for it and hoped he had hurt no Body. On the 17 at Night
it Returned again with greater Strength, after which He
had only Some short Intervals of Reason and departed this
Life on the i8‘h at 6 in the Evening — greatly Lamented by
all his Family and his Friends — till the i6t'’ He Continued
’tho ill to give his Instructions to his Book keeper Concer-
ing Affairs of Business, with the same Calmness and Per-
spicuity as at other Times. On the 16 in the Morning He
thought Himself worse than we Apprehended him to be,
which I Collect from his Recommending to M^s Norris and
me That We would be kind to Palmer and his Little
Folks and take Care of them. A Recommendation, that I
shall endeavour to pay such a Regard too, as is Becoming
the Friendship which Subsisted between us and which I
owe to his Memory. He has left one Son and M^s Palmer
about 6 Months gone with Child, which makes the Circum-
stance of her Loss Still more Affecting to her, and Renders
her incapable of Attention to Business or writing of any
kind, therefore Rely on your Indulgence & Good nature for
her excuse in not writing on so Tender and Melancholly a
Subject. She desires however I would make her due Com-
pliments of Condolences to you and the Good Family on
this mournful Occasion, I do it therefore in Obedience to
her Request, with a Becoming Concern for the Loss of our
Friend. As our deceased Friend was Agent for the Colony
of Connecticutt, likewise Concerned in the Agency for the
Colony of Massachusetts and Laboured very truly and
Carefully for the Interest of those affairs, wherewith he
was Intrusted and had by far the greatest Burthen thereof
fall to his Share, and indeed his diligence therein Brought
on him this fever that deprved us of him, I hope you will
think of the Family so far, that if any Share of that Com
mission, likely to have Accrued to our deceased Friend had
he Lived can be procured for the Benefit of the Family you
will be so Good to use your endeavours towards procuring
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it. I mean that as the Money that has been solicited for
here, may come to be paid by parliament & is to be laid out
in some shape or other, probably in purchase of Spanish
Silver, so the Commission arising therefrom would have in
part come to Palmer had he Lived, and indeed he has
earned it dearly. Therefore whoever is Appointed to Suc-
ceed him in the Agency may be directed to allow the
Family (or Estate of Palmer) such share thereof as the
Colony thinks proper and due to his Services. And if the
Colony pleases to make that a Condition with a future
Agent, No doubt but they may. And I think no Reasona-
ble Man can Repine at such Conditions. Time will not per-
mit me to add further, as I expect M^ Lechmere every
minute, for this and the Rest of our dispatches, which he
has kindly promised to take care of, and safely deliver to
you. But from the short hint I have given you about pro-
curing some Benefit to the Estate I doubt not your kind
endeavours. I beg you will believe me to be very truly ,
Gent.
your most hum^ servant
HENRY NORRIS Jun^
Copy.
[Indorsed by Law] Ex^ Norris to Balston and Palmer 1749
EXECUTORS OF ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW
London 28*!’ May 1749
The Honb^<^ Jonathan Latv Esq’>’
Hon^ Sir
We heartily Condole with you for the Loss of our
valuable friend M*" Eliakim Palmer who died the 18*'^ Ins‘,
By his will he has appointed us his Ex*'® here & Messrs
Balston & Palmer Ex^s for his New England Estate We
shall with all Convenient speed transmitt to your Honor an
acco‘ of what is due to his Estate from the Colony, Copy of
which shall inclose to said Messrs Balston & Palmer mean-
time we hope the affairs of the Colony will not suffer till
the appointm* of another Agent as no money will be pd by
JONATHAN I, AW. WILLIAM SIIIKLKY.
307
y“ Parlianit till next year & are
Sir Your Hon''s m” h° Ser‘s
BEESTON LONG
HENRY NORRIS
WM PALMER
Please direct to the Ex''** of Eliakim Palmer Esq''
deceased
[Superscribed] To The Honble Jonathan Law Esq^
[Indorsed] A Letter from the Ex^s of Agent Palmer of
28'*’ of May 1749 rec^i Aug‘ 2^^
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Hartford June 2 1749
Please your lixeellcncy
Having coinunicated to our Assembly an Acc‘ from our
Agent That a full Stopp was putt to the Paymaster and
Secry of Warr y'' reporting to the L«is of the Treasury on ye
Acc‘s of the Expences of our Regiment in the intended
Expedition against Canada, by )'-our Excellencies Informa-
tion That great abatements ought to be made and not
giving the Reasons why I am desired by Vote of our
Assembly to desire you would give me some Information of
the Reasons why any such Abatements in your Opinion
ought to be made and to direct the Express by which this
comes to wait one Week or fortnight for your Excellencies
Answer thereto
Your very humble obedient Servant
JONTH law
Gov'' Shirley
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov^ Shirley June 2^ 1749
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston June 3^ 1749
Sir,
The Occasion of this Letter is to acquaint your Honour,
that there are now in Boston nine Indians, six of the Penob-
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scot Tribe & three of Norridgewalk, whom I have had
divers publick Conferences, who declare themselves to be
sent hither by the Indian Tribes of S‘ Francois & S‘ John’s
River, as well as their own, and irapowered by those Tribes
to assure us of their Disposition & Desire to make Peace
with the English Governments, and to appoint a time of
Meeting for such Treaty; And I have accordingly appointed
the 27*1^ of SepP next for the time of their Meeting us at
Falmouth in Casco Bay. And as this Government appre-
hends that it will be of great Advantage for the Success of
this Affair, that all the neighbouring Governm*® concerned
in the late War should be represented by their Commissrs
at this Treaty, I desire that your Honour would please to
send Commissioners from Connecticut to join in these
Negotiations in behalf of your Colony. As it has always
been the Custom to make Presents to the Indians upon the
Conclusion of the Treaty, We have provided for such
Presents as we judged necessary for our selves. I shall
write to the Governours of New Hampshire and Nova Scotia.
I am Sir
Your Honour’s most Obed*
Humble servant.
W SHIRLEY
The Hen'll® Jonathan Law Esq^
JONATHAN LAW TO THOMAS HANCOCK.
Milford June 13*!' 1749
Yours of y® of May by M^ Buttler I rec<i Esq'' Palmer
has directed his Salery to be paid to Mess” Balston and
Palmer, the last Paquett I sent, M' Palmer being att my
house w" I was writing undertook the care of it The first,
of which I did not give you the trouble. M' Towsey con-
cernd in Clarks Appeal went in person to Boston and
finding M' Wells his Class-mate, prevaild with him to take
Care of y® Papers, who signifying to me, his readiness to
serve his Countrey, even all things afterwards past thro his
JONATHAN LAW. JKKKMIAII MILLKK.
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hands. These Circumstances were the only Occasion of the
Change and not at all from any Offence or Di.satisfaction at
your management yof
I did indeed urge at the Board sundery times that some
meet recompence might be presented to you, (not remem-
bering any thing had ever been, excepting only a Bill in
Govr Talcotts time,) but had no Answer saving That you
generously said We were Wellcome to it. I give you hearty
Thanks for the Care you have taken and doubt not in the
least of your doing us any good Offices which shall fall
within your Compass and take leave to Subscribe my self
Your obedient humble Servant
JONTH law
Make my Service acceptable to Maddam
Mr Thomas Hancock
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Mr Hancock June i3‘>r 1749
JEREMIAH MILLER TO JONATHAN LAW.
N. Lond'^ June ye 1749
A-
In obedience to yor Honr® Command I now transmit a
List of all the Vessells Clear’d out a this Port for the West
Indies &c. Betw“ Lady Day 1748 and Lady Day 1749
Some of which have bin taken others Sold, others twice
Clear’d, ’tis almost impossable to tell Exactly how many are
the propty of ye Inhabit^® of this Coloney at any particular
time, but it is the opinion of y® Colh & I think w‘h Him ;
that 50 Sail Set @ 50 Tons Each is the full amount of y®
Tonage of all our Shipping, Imploy’d in any Traide abroad.
I am w‘h all Duty and the greatest Esteam
Yor Honrs most Oblig<i
Hum'e vServr
JER. MILLER
To Govr Law
[Superscribed] To The Hon^e Jonath” Law Esqr Governr
of His Majestys Coloney of Connectic^ a Milford free
Jer. Miller
[Indorsed] Mr Millers June 13^1’ 1749
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JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford June 13 1749
S’'
Being infomd by our Agent Eliakim Palmer Esqr
That the Obstructions which lay in the way of his receiving
y® money granted by Parliament for reimbursing our Cape
Britton Expences were his want of a special Authority
under the Seal of the Gov‘ and our Bills being outstanding
Our Assembly have agreed to give such an Authority
and to appropriate the money granted, for the calling in
the sd outstanding Bills and to levy three Rates in the years
1751, 1752 and 1753 which will be sufficient to call in all our
Bills and to appoint a Comt®® under Oath to burn and
destroy them and all Fines Fees and Penalties to be estab-
lishd in Proclamation money
I have already wrote your Excellency to favour me
with the Reason why you judge great Abatements ought to
be made on our Expences in the intended Expedition
against Canada and on our Regiment which I hope you
will not fail to pleasure me in In great sincerety I Sub-
scribe
Your most humble obedient Servant
JONTH law
to his Excellency Gov'' Shirley Esq^
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov' Shirley June 13*^' 1749
JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE WYLLYS.
Milford June 19 1749
I rec<i by Colh Burr divers Copies from you yet there is
wanting Powers of Attorney to our Agent. Coll* Fitch did
draw a form yet least that should be mislaid I inclose to
you as you will see (I think agreeable to the Pattern sent
us) and you will draw them out fair and send to me with y®
Seal, to Sign.
There is also wanting Our Answer to y' L<i shipps of y®
Board of Trade’s Queries. ab‘ Shipping I have an Acc*
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31
from our Naval Officer and the Collector
I cant finish my writing Home to our Agent till I have
Shirleys Reasons for great Abatements or that he will
not let me know them, w^'i I expect on Coll' Williams’s
Return which has occasioned my delay
I dont remember any order for sending M*' Agents
Salery to his Correspondents at Boston, I think it was 400"
old tenor give y® Treasurer a Copy of y® Grant and M*"
Baldwin may indorse it and I will send it when I send my
paquett to Boston
if you observe any other Order of y® Assembly for my
Direction you will send it.
I have rec‘1 a Letter from our Agent of the 15^'’ of April
wherein he informs me that by his Petition he has so farr
succeeded as to procure a total Suppress of the two last
clauses in the Bill in Parliament, (for enforcing the Kings
Instructions and the GoV’s putting a Negative on all Acts
passd) and will use his faithfull Endeavours to have the
whole Bill laid aside at least so farr as concerns Conecticutt
which is under Consideration of a Com‘®® of the House of
Comons, before whom he is to be heard by Council. The
Massathusetts have desired him to joyn with them to solicitt
for an Act for all the Colonies to call in their Bills and pre-
vent y® putting out any more, to which he could not under
the Character of our Agent agree to, without Leave.
Also that an Attempt has been made for creating
Bishops in y® Plantations w®h lay much at the heart of the
Bp of London w®'’ Dr Avery and he representing the whole
body of Dissenters had putt a Stopp to for y® present know-
ing how grievous such an Ecclesiastical Tyranny would be
to those, in whose hands the Gov‘ is, in Dissenters. Of
which please to inform y® D Gov®r Esqr Pitkin &c as you
may think fitting this is y® needfull from
vSr Your humble Servant
JONTH law
G Wyllis Esqr
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Mr Secry Wyllis June
1749
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JONATHAN TRUMBLE.TO JONATHAN LAW.
Lebanon June 26*^^ i749
Sir
I am returned from Boston, where I did the utmost to
get paper to print our Laws upon but could not succeed,
when I found a Sufficiency could not be had, I went and
laboured with the Printers to let me have 50 Rheam to begin
upon, but could not obtain it by any Means; They told me
it could not be had without sending to England for it, &
some Gentle™ offered to do it for me; but I Tho’t it best to
advise with your Honour upon it, whether it would not be
best to Send to our Agent Palmer to buy & send it to us,
and take his pay out of The Sterling Money, he will soon
have of our’s in his hands, or if that fail to remit the money
to him ; and if your Honour think it best to do so, & Inform
our Agent of it in your next Letter, & direct me to send to
him for it, I will do it directly: — There is Cap‘ Fones
who told me last Wednesday That he should Sail for London
in about Three weeks, by whom I shall Send, & I con-
clude Your Honour will incline to write by him; & The
Paper may probably come in 4 or 5 months, & it will come
much cheaper. Than a Merchant will let me have it, & he
can’t have it from thence any Sooner than This way pro-
posed: I am told a good Genoa Paper will be best to do it
on, and will come out the Cheapest. I conclude Col° Wil-
liams will send to You The return of what he obtains from
Gov^ Shirley, and I have sent This to him to forward, And
I Shall Wait Your Honour’s Instruction
And Am, Honoured Sir, Your
Obedient Humble Servant
JONTH TRUMBLE
For The Hon^ie Jon'’'’^ Law Esq
[Superscribed] For The Hon’’'® Jonathan Law Esq Gov-
ernour of The Colony of Connecticut! At Milford
These
[Indorsed] Coll' Trumbles June 26 1749 rec^* July
GEORGK CLINTON.
3'3
GEORGE CLINTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
Fort Gkorgk July 3^ 1749
5''
Inclosed I send you a Copy of a Letter from Coll Mar-
shall, which confirm me in the conjectures I have had for
some time, that the French are preparing for a Rupture
with us, in North America, which probably is to begin, by
their falling on the Indian Nations which join’d us in the
War. If we do protect them we loose all the Indians, who
from thence forward can place no confidence in us, and if
we do protect them a rupture may be the Consequence.
The French Governours you know have great advantages
over the English, by the difference of Constitution in their
respective Governments: I am absolutely disabled from
doing any thing at present.
You will too plainly see from the enclosed Copy of
Mr Cummins Affirmation, and Mr Woolastons Affidavit, to
what degrees of fury some mens spirits are raised, Oliver
DeLancey soon after he had done this wicked act, fled &
has escaped all the Search that could be made after him.
The Wound enters above the right pap, and descends
directly downwards, so that it could not have been given
by a thrust, but by a Stab after Dr Colhoun was down;
While Dr Colhoun was in danger, I could not so properly
take notice of his Offence against me, but as we have now
hopes, I last Saturday introduced the enclosed Evidence,
and the Council has ordered the Attourney General to
prosecute Oliver DeLancey according to Law
I am Sr with very great regard
Your Honours most obedient
humble Servant
G CLINTON
To the Hon'^'e Govr Laws
[Indorsed] Govr Clintons of July 3^ 1749 rec'i July 5*^
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HUBERT MARSHALL TO GEORGE CLINTON.
Albany 23*^ June 1749
Hon'i Sir,
I take this opportunity to let you know that I received
the Inclosed Letter from the Commander of Crown Point
this Morning & the Serjeant & five Men goes away Tomor-
row, I thought it was proper to let the Officer know that I
received this Letter; I send your Excelly a Copy of my
Letter to him which I hope you won’t disapprove of, & as
the Serjeant told me that Peace was not proclaimed in
Canada & as I had a Proclamation by me, I sent it Inclosed
to the Officer of Crown Point; in asking the Serjeant sev*
Questions I desired to know which way he thought these
Six Indians were gone, he told me he thought they went
Schaghkooke way, if so its thought they will cut off some
people there, which if they do every Body that has lately
settled will leave their Farms again. These two New
England Men that came with the Serjeant & Party told me
that they saw an Army of near One thousand Men March
in Different Bodys from Canada this Day three weeks. Steer-
ing their way for Bille’ Rivier the back of Philadelphia in
order to prevent the English from Settling in those parts,
so I thought it my Duty to acquaint you of it ; these Men
went from the Gov^ of Boston last March in order to get
some of their Prisoners but without Success, for they have
not brought one, for they said the Gov"" of Canada told them
that he would not part with one Prisoner, till all his Prison-
ers were given up to him.
I had like to have forgot these Men told me that they
heard at Crown Point that there was a party of thirty
Indians fitting out at Otterskill, which is about three
Leagues from Crown Point, but whether they was pre-
vented he cannot tell, & am with the greatest respect
Your Excelly’s
M‘ Obed‘ & M‘ hble Serv‘ at Comm'^
HUBERT MARSHALL
A True Copy
G Clinton
LUSIGNAN.
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LUSIGNAN TO GEORGE CLINTON.
Fort vS'*' Frederick le 27 Juin 1749.
Monsietir
Siir I’avis que j’ai eu qu’im parti de six Sauvages,
ontezas, ndpissiagues, & abenakes, partis la nuit de ce port
il y a deux jours pour aller faire coup Sur vos Cotes apres
m’avais promis de n’y pas aller, j’ay detache un vSergent et
cinq Soldats pour conduire & escorter deux Anglois & un
Irlandois arrives hier de Montreal lesquels Anglois sont
venus ici de Boston dans le inois de Mars dernier, la crainte
que j’ai eu qu’ils rencontrassent ces Sauvages m’a fait prendu
cette precaution pour leur Seurete. II etoit parti de Mon-
treal avec ces Anglois deux Iroquois du Sault S* Louis pour
les conduire a Orange, mais apres avoir bu leur eau de vie
ils les sont laisse a six lieux en deca du fort S‘ Jean et s’en
sont retournes apres avoir regu quelque argent d’advance
Sur leur voyage
J’ai I’honneur d’etre tres parfaitement
Monsieur
Votre tres humble & tres
obeiss‘ Serviteur
LUSIGNAN
A True Copy
G Clinton
[Indorsed by Law] French Letter 1749
DEPOSITIONS OF THOMAS GUMMING AND JOHN
WOLLASTON.
City of )
New York [ Thomas Cumming of the said City being
) of the people commonly called Quakers being
of full Age and duly Affirmed did Declare & Affirm for
truth that on Fryday Afternoon about the hour of five, he
this Affirmant together with one John Woollaston a Gentle-
man lately Arrived from London called at the house of
Andrew Ramsay a Tavern keeper in this City to Inquire
for a Gentleman with whom they intended some real
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Business, whose Name this Affirmant did not then know (but
has since learnt was one Hopkins from Virginia) & as his
Name was not known at that time to this Affirmant or to the
said Woollaston (to the knowledge or belief of this Affirmant)
they Inquired for the Names of the Persons in Company with
the said Oliver De Lancey, having heard he had been in his
Company, And were Informed that David Johnson was one,
whereupon they bid the Drawer call him to them at the
Door, & thereupon Johnson came to the Door, & Inform-
ed them that Hopkins was gone, & they upon being
Informed so proposed to go from the house, that M^' John-
son Endeavoured to perswade them to go into the Company,
which they Declined, & he finding he could not perswade
them took hold of each of them by the hand, & w^’’ one of
them in one of his hands, & the other in the other hand, he
in a friendly Manner pulled them into the Room where the
Company was, which was a few paces distant from the plaee
in the Entry where he first took hold of them.
That this Affirmant & Woollaston were Seated & saw
in that Company Oliver De Lancey, the said David Johnson,
Philip Vanhorn & one other person unknown to this Affirm-
ant, whom he afterwards found to be one William Rickets,
a Gent“ of a Great Estate who lived in New Jersey.
That he this Affirmant readily perceived they were all
a little Intoxicated with Liquor, & does not particularly
recollect any thing that Passed for about or near Ten or
Twelve Minutes, about which time Doctor Alexander Col-
houn Entered the Room, & that at this Affirmants’ first
View of him he saw that he was very much disordered with
Drink, & with many Staggerings, & other Symptoms of a
Drunken Man, Seated himself in Company; & this Affirm-
ant cannot with any certainty say whether Oliver De Lancey
or Dr Colhoun or which other of the Company began first to
Quarrell, for a[ ] were speaking, & in a seeming Confusion
except Woollaston & this Affirmant, And [ ] that the
first thing which Excited in him a Close & Concerned
Attention was Oliver. De Lancey’s delivering himself in a
very warm manner in Expressions to [ ] And in Sub-
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Stance, & as near as this Affirmant can remember in these
words following to wit, By God I say the Gov'' is an Arrant
Villain, Scoundrel & Rascal, I call him so, & so are all &
every Man who takes his part Villains, Scoundrels & Rascals
& Doctor Colhonn, who could scarce speak Intelligibly,
thereupon told the said Oliver he ought to behave with
good Manners, Oliver replyed Damn you. Sir, what are you
to teach me Manners? This is the Second time you have
told me to speak and behave myself with good Manners
this afternoon. Sir, Added Oliver, I say the Govr & every
Man who keeps his Company are Villains, Scoundrels &
Rascals, &, Sir, I beg you would go & tell the Gov'' I call
him so, And further Added that if he could any way Bribe
him the Doctor, or any other person to Inform the Gov^
what he said, he would Bribe him or them to deliver the
Message, & this Affirmant remembers nothing more dis-
tinctly than that the Doctor said well Sir, very well Sir,
what the Divil have we to do with these things here, why
should we disturb the Company with this Talk? there is
another time. Sir, for that, & Oliver seemed satisfyed to be
Silent, but in a few Minutes Exclaimed as above, again
against the Gov'', the Mayor & all their Adherents in the
above mentioned Expressions, And told Doctor Colhoun on
his rising from his Chair & Endeavouring to leave the
Company that he might go away & be Dammed, for that if
he (the Doctor) or any other person whatever, could not bear
to hear the Gov^ Mayor & their friends called Villains
Scoundrels & Rascals, he nor they should not Enter at
any time into any Company where he should be, for that in
all Companys & to all people at all times he would call
them so: That the Doctor went out of Company, & David
Johnson (who had either gone out before, or with, or soon
after the Doctor, but which he the Affirmant cannot
remember) very soon & in a few Minutes came into the
Room without the Doctor, & beckoned or called to Oliver,
who instantly went out, but Johnson sat himself down in
the Room, & soon after Oliver De Lancey came into the
room holding the Doctor by the hand, & both placed them-
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selves as before, & Oliver then asked Johnson whether he
Oliver had given any Toast in Company which had given
any Offence to the Doctor, & David Johnson thereupon
Denyed that he had told Dr Colhoun so, Oliver De Lancey
asserted that the D^ had Charged him with it at the Door,
& the Doctor said they Misunderstood him, & remembers he
could make no Sense or Meaning of what the Doctor said.
That a great wrangle & noise Ensued, & what the
Doctor said to Oliver De Lancey or he to the Doctor, he the
Affirmant could not hear, nor can he Declare only that
Oliver De Lancey soon after Quitted the Room & house, &
the Doctor Endeavoured to follow & one of the Company
privately, & without the Doctor’s knowledge took his Sword
out of his Scabbard, & kept it concealed from him for some
time, but the Doctor perceiving his Sword was gone.
Searched for it & had it returned to him. That in a few
Minutes after Oliver De Lancey had left the Room, a Negro
Man came to the house & called for Doctor Colhoun, & said
he was sent by M^ De Lancey to desire D^ Colhoun to come
to M^" De Lancey’s house Directly. That this Affirmant &
the rest of the Company once more Endeavoured to prevail
on the Doctor not to leave them, but after a while they all
Desisted, perceiving his obstinate Resolution of going, &
he, the Doctor, then left the Room & house of Ramsey ;
That soon after he was gone this Affirmant went to M*" De
Lancey’s house with David Johnson to prevent any Mischief
which might Ensue, & got there before him, & found M^
De Lancey with a Cane or Stick in his hand at or near the
Gate at the Street Door of his house in the Broadway, who
asked them where the Doctor was & said he was afifraid he
would not come, but in a very short time the Doctor came
& opened the Gate Door at the Inside, & appeared to them
to have Entered at the back Door of M*" De Lancey’s house,
& in a Laughing humour said hah: Gent, are you there,
that thereupon Oliver De Lancey immediately shoved or
pushed this Affirmant & David Johnson from the Gate into
the Street, & pushed the said Doctor Colhoun into the yard,
& shut & Bolted the Gate at the Inside, whereupon David
DEPOSITIONS OF THOMAS GUMMING AND JOHN WOLLASTON. 3I9
Johnson got into the house thro’ one of the front Parlour
windows & came & opened the Gate for this Affiimant, who
went in immediately, & he & the said Johnson were In-
formed by one of the Maid Servants that her Master was in
the house, that this Affirmant & David Johnson went into
the house & found the back Parlour Door shut which John-
son forced open & they both Entered in & there saw the
said Oliver holding D'' Colhoun down by or near the Throat
with his the said Oliver’s Left hand on a Chair with a
Drawn Sword in his Right hand pointed to the Body of the
said Doctor Colhoun, And as soon as he the said Oliver saw
the Affirmant & David Johnson, he let go his hold &
Quitted the Doctor & lay down his Sword & came up to
them & said Twice, By God I believe I have killed him, &
sev' times called upon this Affirmant to get him his horse,
& to help him on with his Cloaths & said that he must fly,
that this Affirmant told him they must have a Doctor, &
went & called Doctor Schuchburgh to Assist D^ Colhoun, &
also went at D^ Schuchburgh’s request to the Fort to fetch
one Dr Bowler, a Surgeon, to his the said Schuchburgh’s
Assistance
duly sworn, deposeth & saith that he hath heard the before
written Affirmation of Thomas Cumming plainly & Dis-
tinctly read unto him, & saith that he is the same person
therein mentioned, & that he was in Company with the
said Cumming at the Dwelling house of Andrew Ramsay,
& was together with the said Cumming introduced by
David Johnson into one of the Rooms where Mr Oliver
De Lancey & the other persons herein mentioned were, &
THOMAS CUMMING
Affirmed this 24 Day of June 1749.
Before us
S; Johnson
John Marshall
Sam'- Lawrence
ss. John Woolaston late of the City of London
in Great Britain Gent, of full Age being
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that all & every the Matters set forth & Affirmed by the
said Thos Gumming in his said Affirmation so far as relates
to what Passed in Conversation in the Room where the
Company sat (Except as to the Message said to be sent by
Oliver De Lancey to Doctor Colhoun to come to his house
Directly, which this Deponent did not hear, he being for
some time alone in the Room with Philip Vanhorne after
Mr De Lancey was gone from thence) are true in Substance
to the best of his knowledge, Remembrance & belief
JOHN WOLLASTON
Sworn the 24*^ June 1749
Before us
S Johnson Recorder
John Marshall Deputy Mayor
Sam^- Lawrence Alderman
JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE CLINTON.
Milford July 6*^^ 1749
S’-
I rec<J some time since an Acc‘ of some Difficulty
grevous to you on Acc* of a clandestine Marryage performd
in this Colony which our law putts a penalty on him that
adventures to act contrary to the provision made in it but
it dos not fall within my Province to intermeddle in it, I
thot I should have opportunity in a little time to recoinend
it to them who were imediately concernd to rectify such
Disorders, which I recomended to some in Authority in
that quarter of ye Gov‘ who said it must coinence by the
presentment of Grand Jury men to whom the Evidence
should be sent and y® matter prosecuted by some Com-
plainant Examples of this nature had been too frequent in
your Gov‘ and they could not believe the Minister had any
Suspicion that y® person offering herself, had been so
nearly related to your Excellency and that some Gentlemen
from New York did not believe it so grievous to you but for
some special Circumstances you shewd your Resentments
so thro Hurry of business I neglected to write any thing
ab‘ it.
JONATHAN LAW.
321
As to yours rec‘i Yesterday I am very sorry to hear
of the difficult aspect on the Circumstances of your Gov‘
and the dangerous Consequences which may follow thereon,
some time agone I had an Acc‘ from Gov Shirley That
by a Deserter from Crown point he learnt That the
ffrench designd a speedy Settlement of the Coiintrey about
Crown point by which meanes they would be greatly advan-
taged to distress our Northern Settlements and very lately
of a mans being killed and a lad taken Captive at N° four
which look<^ as if the Indians were begining Mischief upon
us. but Capt Church informs me that by a flagg of Truce’s
Acc‘ from Quebecpie it was probably only a private Revenge
of some who had Relations killd by this man when they
came against that ft'ort in warr time and the number of
french people coming up S‘ Laurence may be for the
present, only to settle that Countrey and not any imediate
View of Disturbing our Indians.
The Acc‘ we have of the Disatisfaction given to the
french by our Settlement of Nova Scotia and of their build-
ing a fort at S‘ Johns in the Bay of Fundy and what they
are doing at Tobago &c makes things look darkly, yet as
Affairs shall be settled between the Crowns of great
Britain and France their Dependants may expect to fare in
some measure, indeed the part they may take in the
Quarrells in the North, and the great preparations making
in ffrance specially in their maritime Armaments, (of which
your Excellency is better acquainted than I can pretend to)
give cause of fear that the Reign of all the bad Planetts are
not over, and our Dependance must be in him who governs
the world in infinite Wisdom. And as I signify*^ to Gov
Shirley I knew nothing we could do but make our own
Borders as defensible as we could since a Cessation of Armes
against the french was comanded and tho we might with-
stand all that invaded us and make warr on any not in
Alliance w‘^ the Crown of great Britain yet if we made any
Acquisition from their Enemies, it would be for the Crown
and not for our selves and had we have proceeded and
taken Canada it would have been in the same Predicament
with Cape Britton, so now to you
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S'" if your Authority (w<=h is so much greater than
mine) will not answer among your people, what can I
expect?
I have heard you took a Sail up the Sound and had not
contrary winds prevented, would have given me the Oppor-
tunity of some personal Acquaintance of which I should
have been excee[ding proud*] and that I might not be
further tedious I abruptly break of[f and with*] highest
Regards Subscribe
Your most humble obedient Servan[t*]
[JONTH law*]
George Clinton Esq*' Gov^ &c &c &c
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov^ Clinton July 6‘h 1749
JONATHAN LAW TO BALSTON & PALMER.
Milford July 11*^ 1749
Gentlemen
I send to you by Nathan Whiting the Bearer hereof,
four hundred pounds old Tenor Bills for Eliakim Palmer
Esqr Agent for this Colony, the Salary granted him in May
last, by whom also I send a Paquett to Esq^ Palmer and a
small '^cell of raw Silk to be wrought up in England for
my wife, hoping it may be serviceable to incline the L<Js of
the board of Trade to encourage the establishing something
that may promote such an Improvement as may be for
publick good, and since M^ Palmer saw a little of it when
he was at my House, That he would take the trouble of
putting to his helping hand for the promoting thereof, in
such wayes as he shall think proper.
I take leave to Subscribe
Gentlemen your obedient
humble Servant
JONTH law
Messrs Balston and Palmer
I Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Messrs Balston & Palmer
July II 1749
Supplied from a copy.
JONATHAN l.AW.
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JONATHAN LAW TO JONATHAN TRUMBLE.
Milkoru July y® 14^'’ 1749
S’-
yours of the 26“'^ I Receiv‘d the first Instant on Tues-
day last I Sent my Paquet by L‘ Nathan Whiting to our
Agent who Expects a passage in Capt Fones and I vSigni-
fied to him y® Ac*^ you Sent me about the paper and Desird
him to Send it, the Quantity Should have been glad of more
Certainly but I Sent for 300 Rheimes, and now m'^Gieen
by his Son y® barer informs me that paper is to be had at
Boston and that it will take up at Least 400 and if it be So
you may procure 50 more and Set the printer to work nay
100 will be no wast if 400 be needfull w®^ you may do by
your Self or mr Green or any other Safe hand, he has brot
an act for establishing fees but no Declaration of y® Sort of
money it Shall be paid in, which I fear will work Confusion.
I admire how it Came out in Such form, it Seems to me to
be a mistake. A vote was passed all Should be in Procla-
mation money but no Such thing is mentioned in y® Act.
Massachusetts Assembly have Considered our Act about
the Townships and Refuse any Complyance with ours and
answer pretty Smartly and if any mischief happens uppon it
that we are agressors and I Suspect too much of truth in it,
but I must send to y® Dep‘ Gov^ and m^ Secry‘ for materials
to State y® Case upon to onr Agent, and must Ask y®
Advice of y® D Gov^ upon it and if it Can* be Compleated
before I can have y® advice of y® Assembly Should not be
Sorry, Gov"" Shirley has Appointed a meeting with the
Penobscutt and Norrigewalk Indians at Falmouth and
Comrs from Massechusetts New Hampshire & Annapolis
on y® 25‘h of September to make peace with y® Indians and
would have Conics from hence also, I remember we were
Desired by L‘ Gov^ Phyps to Proclaim warr against those
Indians as they Did, but did not think it proper, we Comply
with y® Gen> Peace order’d by his Majesty. Our Agent on
y® 15^*1 of April Informs me that he has So Succeeded in his
petition as to Suppress the two last Paragraphs in y® Bill
in relation to us and is to be heard on y® whole Bill by
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a Com‘ee of the Parliment and is mov^ by the Massechusetts
to Joyn with them to move against all Bills of Credit in all
ye Plantations but Cant Comply without Leave, and that a
motion for Creating Bishops in the Plantations, he Gave y®
Alarm to ye Dissenters there and he & Avery Repre-
senting them has put a Stop to it for the present.
Gov^ Shirley for his Reasons for abatements has Sent
me an Extract of his Letter to ye D of Bedford weh rep-
resents ye furlow as all his Reasons for it weh I have Sent
home
but I must break off the Express waiting and Sub-
scribe
Your Humble Servant
JONTH law
Co'l Trumble
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Colh Trumble Esq^ July
14th 1749
ROGER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Windsor July 1749
A’'
Mr Levit Who brings you this is urgent with mee to
write to your Honr Respecting the line between us and the
Massachusetts that matter being left Wholly with your
Honr I Would have put it off but upon his Importunity
have yielded to it
If I Remember well the act of our Assembly is that if
they do Not Join in with Coma's you send the Case home
&c ; I understand they have not Apointed Com^s but are on
a designe to have the former Agreement Confirmed by the
King before we know any thing of such a Motion. I think
the Motion made to them by our Assembly was very fair
and that we Inferred an Answer rather Than an Endeavor
to surprize us and that in this Case your Honf may well
Consider if the act of our Assembly be not a full Direction to
you to prevent it by Informing the Agent what state this
Case is in and and our Danger of being surprized by such a
motion from them and thereupon to Instruct him that if
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325
any such motion should be made to opose it and pray that
we may have time untill we Can fully state the Case before
His Majesie this is the more reasonable to be Granted
because our unpreparedness at present proceeds from our
Waiting upon them for an Amicable setlement of the line
between us according to Right
by a Letter this day Rec‘’ from M*" Walley I am in-
formed that their Assembly has returned their Thanks to
Dr Averie and Mr Palmer for their preventing a designe to
put these Desenting Collonys into a Bishoprick: this designe
he tells mee was Cett on foot by some restles Chhmen in this
Collony and that of the Massathusetts and your Honr knows
best what reflections to make upon it in your Letters to the
Agent your Honr Will not suffer my freedome in writting
to Cause mee to Loose the pleasure of being Esteemed
Your Verj^ Humble Ser‘
ROGER WOLCOTT
To Jon-^'th Law Escp
[Superscribed] To The Hona>^‘e Jonathan Law Esqr In
Milford pr Mr Levit
[Indorsed] D Govr Wolcotts July 17 1749 rec'J 19
[Sealed with wax bearing an impression of the Wolcott
arms.]
NATHANIEL BALSTON & CO. TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston July 22^ 1749
May it Please your Hon^
Your favour of ins* Wee rec'^ w^^ old tenor
for Mr Palmer your agent, and gave our rec* therefor to
mr Whiting.
Note have Sent s<i Palmer Some raw silk to be wro’t up
in England for your Lady, and hope he will encourage Such
an improvement, by his Interest with the Lords of Trade,
wch Shall Write him ab‘ In the mean time Wee kindly
Salute you and remain
Yor Honrs Most Obedient
Humb® Serves
NATHANL BALSTON & Comp^
To His Honr Govr Law
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[Superscribed] To His Hour Jonathan Law Esq Gov-
ernour of Connetticut ^ fav: of Mr Whiting
[Indorsed] Balston and Palmer July 22*1 1749 rec^ Augs‘ 5
Boston July 22^ 1749. Rec<i of the Hon^e Jon» Law
Esqr Governour of ye Colony of Connecticut, by the hands
of Mr Nathan Whiting Four hundred pounds old tenor for a
Grant of said Governm* to Eliak“ Palmer Esqr their agent
in May last
NATHANL BALSTON & Comp^
^400 Attornys to s<^ Palmer
[Indorsed] Balston & Companies Rec‘ for 400’'
JONATHAN LAW TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Milford July 24 1749
Of Yours of ye 3d of June I had the favour, Moving for
Comrs to be sent to Falmouth, which I comunicated to my
Comtee of warr who supposd it could not be done without
an Assembly neither was it necessary for us seeing we
never proclaimd warr against those Indians as you did, tho
movd to it by Govr Phipps And as our Engagements were
only by the Kings Proclamation of Warr so we are included
in his Proclamation of Peace Wherefore
I deferrd giving any Answer till I had Opportunity to
take Advice of the D Gov'' and Gentlemen above, who are
of the same Opinion with my Com‘ee here and add that it
will be very difficult to call an Assembly at this time
from all which I beg your Excellencies Excuse for my
Non-complyance and conclude with my highest Regards
Your Excellencies most
obedient humble Servant
J L
Gov' Shirley
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov' Shirley July 24‘h 1749
ROGER WOLCOTT. DUKE OK BEDFORD. 327
ROGER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford Aug‘ 2 1749
A'-
Mr Secretary Willys has rec<i a Letter from M""
Lechmere Givieng ns the Melancholly News that our Agent
Mr Palmer is dead and we hear he dyed the 20‘h of May
after a sickness of Eight Dayes
This nn Welcome News has put the Gentle of the
Councill that are upon the Auditt under much Concern
Lest our Afairs in G Britain which are many and of Great
Importance should suffer by it and Especially if Speedy
Care be Not taken to fill up that place
we have been Discourseing upon it this day and per-
swade our selves that your Honr already hath or will shortly
have a more perfect and formall acc‘ of his Death if it be
so. your Hom also is best knowing the state of our afairs
Left in M^ Palmers hand and how pressing the Neccessity
is to Apoint an Agent before the Assembly meets in Octo-
ber and hereupon they desire me to recomend it to your
Consideration not doubting but that you will do what is best
for the Collony all things Considered I am
Your very Humble serv‘
ROGER WOLCOTT
To the Hon^ti'e Jqnath Law Esq''
[Superscribed] To The Hon^bie Jon-^th Law Esq'' In Milford
[Indorsed] Dep Gov'® August 2^ 1749
[Sealed with wax bearing impression of the Wolcott arms.]
DUKE OF BEDFORD TO COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
Duplicate
Whitehall 4*!’ August 1749
Gentlemen.
In consequence of the Agreement between the Crowns
of England & Spain, by which it was stipulated that all
Hostilities in the American Seas, should cease between the
Two Nations, Six weeks after the King of Spain’s Accession
to the Preliminary Articles on the 28th of June 1748, which
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Term consequently expired on the 9* of August following;
His Catholick Majesty has been pleased to direct a General
Order to be sent to all His Governors, requiring them to
make restitution of all English Prizes taken after the said
Day of August 1748, as will more fully appear by a Copy
of the said General Order, which I herewith transmit to
you, authenticated by a Notary Publick; I have His Maj-
esty’s Commands to signify His Pleasure to you, that you
do give Publick Notice of the said Catholick King’s said
general Order, to all His Majesty’s Trading Subjects under
your Government, and likewise that you do assist to the ut-
most of your Power, all His Majesty’s Subjects who may
have any Claims on this Occasion.
I am Gentlemen,
Your most obedient
Humble Servant
BEDFORD
PS You will like wise receive herewith inclosed a
Translation of His Catholick Majesty’s general Order to
His Governors.
Gov'' & C° of Connecticut.
[Indorsed by Law] Duplicate of D of Bedfords of Augst
4 1749
JEREMIAH MILLER TO JONATHAN LAW.
N. Lond'^ Augst ys 8*'' 1749
I have y® fav' of yo' Hon'® Lett' of y® 2^^^ of July ult.
which is before me and have to say, that upon perusing all y®
Acts of Parliament which Respect Greenwich Hospital (that
I Can a present Come at) I find nothing to accrue to that
Hospital upon Prizes made either at Home or in the Planta-
tions, Except where Persons have Deseerted His majestys
Service or have not made Legal Demand off the Agents
Impowerd to Sell Prizes for any Company of Captors,
within three years, and in these two Cases the Right or
Share of Such Person goes to the benefit of Greenwich
Hosp" by Act of P. in y® 17*!' year of the Reign of G. y® 2<^.
JKKKMIAH MII.I.KR. JONATHAN I.AW.
329
If I Remember right, in all SeisurevS for illic‘ Trade
one third part of what is Condemn‘d in admarality innures to
ye (xovern'’. how it is in Prizes taken from an Enemy by any
Books, or Acts of Parliament that I have, I Can’t find; but
sincerly wish yo^ Hon'' the advantage of Every pirquisite
and shall ever give my service when need^ Yor Hon*' soon
after what you Subjoynd to yc Lett''" to me found the
sorrowfull News bro’t by yC Neigh^rs but too true; with
Eivery w'ell wisher to our Interest I Lament the Loss, at a
Juncture so Critical, at a time when so great a part of our
Interest was Committed & ab' to be Committed to His
agency.
I wish We may be early Eno in our application for
Commiss''s Respecting y® Coloney Line, am aware there is
Danger of Boston anticipating of us, and the more so for
that I hear Gov Shirley is going Hom[ ] very Soon if not
gone
I am sorry the Printing of our New Body of Laws is
like to be Retarded Longer M'' Green tells me that the
Paper is but now Sent, or sending for to our Late Agent
sometimes a penny Saved — not always, the Body of y®
People seem Exceeding Solicitous to have the Books out.
I am with greatest Esteam & Duty to yo^ Hon'" and
tencP of hum'® Service to yo'' Lady
Yo'' Hon'’® most obliged
Hum'® Serv‘
JER. MILLER
To Gov^ Law
[Indorsed] Jer: Miller Esq^ Augs' 5, 1749 rec<J 8"'
JONATHAN LAW TO JEREMIAH MILLER.
Milford August 8 1749
S’'
By y® Act of 7* & 8"^ of W. Prizes and fforfeitures
are [ ] divided one third part to his Maj‘y one third
to the [ ] Gov^ of the Plantation the other 3^ to the
prosecutor. The Naval Officer is the Gov'ts Officer for
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whom he is made accountable and I suppose this is the
Reason why goods Seizd are putt into the hands of y®
Collector, the Naval Officer and the Captain but since the
King hath given his third part of the Prizes to the Captors
who are the Owners and the men the Owner in this Case
att New London are the Gov* since also some part is given
to Greenwich Hospital which occasioned the D of Bedford
to write to me as I signifyd to you by my last
Now Sr unless I shall find my self in a Mistake I shall
insist upon it and I desire you to take Care of that Affair.
Mr Belcher as I signifyd to you before (Govr Shirleys Naval
Officer) payd Govr Shirley 5000^ for his part of ye fforfeit-
ures &c the last year
Please to inform Colfi Saltonstall That by a Letter from
his Honr the D Govr I was informd that the Gentlemen on
the Audit having an Acc‘ of the death of our Agent thot it
necessary to call an Assembly for[ Jwith to fill up that
Vacancy many things of Consequence to us remaining att
Home, but I having rec^ a Letter from Mr Palmers
Execufrs (of which they were not acquainted) an Extract
of which I here relate Viz Meantime we hope the Affairs
of the Colony will not suffer fo[ ] want of appointment of
another Agent as no money will be paid by the Parliament
till next year. I have not thot yet, that it is expedient to
call an Assembly, having also wrote to our late Agent with
respect to the four Towns lying within our Line to delay
any Motion that should be made by y® Massathusetts for
his Majt's Confirmation of y® Agreement of 1713 with
Copies of our Act in May and of the Answer of the Massa-
thusetts intimating also The impossibility of our giving
Authority over any people out of their Charter tho within
ours, which I hope will be taken Notice of and be considered
till we can make further preparations for our Petition for
Coinrs to run and ascertain the Dividend Line, of which
Coll' Saltonstall may take some Opportunity to acquaint
Coll' Trumble so remaining
Your faithfull ffriend
and very humble Servant I Subscribe
JONTH law
[ ] Miller Esq''
JONATHAN LAW. — JKREMIAH MU-LER.
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JONATHAN LAW TO JEREMIAH MILLER.
Milkord August [ ] 1749
I give you thanks for yours by the Last post and your
good Will to me signifyd there in and I dont understand
the french Vessell brot into new london was taken as a
Prize from an enemy but condem"^^ for illicit trade other-
wayes I suppose the Vessell had been Condemnd then the
Consequence will be plain
Coll' Trumble informd me he could not procure .so
much as 50 Rheams att Boston and desird me to send to
our Agent which will be as expeditious as any other method
accordingly I wrote to him for 300 after which Green by
his son informd me that 5 or 600 Rheams might be had att
Boston on which I wrote by him to Coll' Trumble either by
himself Green or some other safe hand to procure 50 or
100 Rheams that Green might be at work the money
being in the Coil's hands about other maters I gave yoi:
an hint in my last and have nothing further to add but
Service and good will from
Your hmble Servant
JON LAW
Jer Miller Esqr
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Miller Aug®' i5t*i
1749
JEREMIAH MILLER TO JONATHAN LAW.
N. Lond'* Augs' y® 17"’ 1749
Your Honrs Letter of y® Instant Came safe to Hand,
but believe (thro multiplicity of bisiness) yor Hour omitted
to Subscribe to it. Since my Last in Answer to yo^ Hon^s
of y® 25"' of July Ult. I have got the Last Edition of y®
Book of Rates from the Reign of Charles y® 2^ Down to
Geo. y® 2<i, this which Should Contain all Acts of Traide
(touching the Plantations Especially) and is by the Com-
missions of y® Customs sent to all Collectors of Customs,
this I’ve peruis’d thro Even Leaf by Leaf, but have not bin
so happy as to find any Act there which Entitles Governrs to
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part of Prizes taken from a Declar’d Enemy in time of War.
the Act pointed to by yo^ Honr of the & 8‘h of W™
y® 3^ I Can’t get a Sight off; perhaps that may Intend
Seizures & forfeitures in Cases of Illicit Traide; and not
Captures from the Enemy, adjudg’d so by Court of Admar^r
and Decree’d to Owners, & Captors as in y® Case aluded to.
Where His Majesty hath Erected a Custom House there
ye Acts of Parliamt Require a N. Office and (in Absence of
a Comptroh) He y® Colh is Requird to take Charge of
Such prizes as may be brot in, to Secure and hold to Tryal ;
but not after Decree; ! apprehend y® N. Office is Jack
and that it becomes His Duty only by Accident in Such
Case
Yor Honr in yo'' Lett^ of y^ 25*11 of July Last Directs me
to inform wii* accrues to the Govern* and in virtue of what
that becomes so. I have no Copy of my answer to that Lett*
by me, so Can’t now Recollect any thing that I wrote yo*
Hon* ab* it, but suppose I was then at a Loss, and so it is
w*h me Still, I’ve taken all possable pains to get y® Acts of
Parliam* in Like Cases and have advisd w*ii Men of Sence
(none but what I knew to be y* Hon*® Friends) and all
Looks as tho y® Case w®h yo* Hon* Refers to is Different
from a Seizure; had I thought it so i e a Seizure I should
gladly have Received yo* Hon*® Instructions & Comm^ and
Readily have pursu’d and Executed y™ and as the Case now
Stands, what Ever yo* Hon* shall please to Direct, and
point out to me in y® Affair, I shall undertake with y®
greatest pleasure, & I trust Execute in all faithfullness.
I believe it best that a Special Assembly has not been
Calld, Since y® Stated one is at hand ; a great Charge is
prevented & I apprehend we shall Suffer in no point unless
the Massachi^sets prevent us in our Applications Home
Respecting y® Line. I’ve Communicated to Co>* Saltonstall
wht yo* Hon* orderd in yo* Last
My best Wishes Attend yo* Hon* and Lady who am
yo* Hon*® & Her
very Hum*® Serv*
JER. MILLER
To Gov* Law
[Indorsed] Esq* Millers of Aug* 17 1749 rec*! 18
WILLIAM SHIRLEY. — THOMAS HILL.
333
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO JONATHAN LAW.
13oston Aiijjiist 2 1. 1749
A/r,
M>' Moulton is a Messenger sent hither by his Excel-
lency Goyr Wentworth, for the apprehending one Humphry
Pooler of Dover in New Hampshire, who is suspected to be
concerned in the Villanous Letters sent to Jotham Odiorne
Esqr of that Province, demanding a Sum of Money, and
threatning Destruction to his Person & Estate in Case of
Refusal ; Which Pooler has made his Escape out of that
Province: An.d as I can get no Intelligence of him in this
Province, and as he may be somewhere in your Govern-
ment, I do hereby at the desire of Gov'' Wentworth request
your Honour to assist the s^i Moulton or other Person that
may be sent on this Affair that every thing may be done
for discovering & apprehending the said Pooler, if he may
be found within your Colony. It will be of singular Advan-
tage to all the Colonies, now this kind of enormous Wicked-
ness is broke out among us, to have some of the Actors
made a publick Example for the deterring of others.
I am sir. Your Honour’s most
obedient. Humble serv',
W SHIRLEY
The honbie Jonathan Law Esq''
[Indorsed] Govr Shirley’s Aug®' 21 1749 rec<i 25
THOMAS HILL TO COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
Whitehall, August 28'*' 1749.
Gentlemen,
Two Acts having been passed in the last Session of
Parliament, wherein the British Plantations are concerned,
vizt
An Act for encouraging the People known by the
Name of Unitas Fratrum, or United Brethren to settle in
His Majesty’s Colonies in America;
An Act for the further Encouragement and Enlarge-
ment of the Whale Fishery, and for continuing such Laws
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as are therein mentioned relating thereto; And for the
Naturalization of such Foreign Protestants, as shall serve
for the time therein mentioned, on board such Ships as
shall be fitted out for the Said Fishery;
I am directed by my Lords Commissioners for Trade
and Plantations to send you the inclosed Printed Copies of
them, for your Information and Government in the several
Matters therein contained. I am.
Gentlemen,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
THQS HILL
Gov'' & Company of Connecticut.
[Indorsed] Thomas Hills Letter to Gov' and Company
Angst 28 1749 rec<i Novb'
JONATHAN BELCHER TO JONATHAN LAW.
May It please your Honour
I think I did my Self, the pleasure of writing you,
pretty early, from hence, in Answer, to your kind Congra-
tulation, upon my Arrival, in this Countrey
I take the Opportunity, by my Son, and my worthy
Nephew M' Foye, to Share with your Honour, and with the
good People, under your care, on the death, of your late
worthy Agent M' Palmer, and at a time. When his good
knowledge, and Interest, are so much wanted, for the
Service, of the Colony of Connecticut, at the Court, of great
Britain ; And this vacancy, I Suppose, your Assembly, will
fill up, at their Meeting, the beginning, of Next Month, As
I am one half of Me, a Connecticut Man, and have always
had a Natural love, and care, for your People, I take the
freedom, of Mentioning to you, my Brother in Law Richard
Partridge Esq', of London, to be imployed, in the Affairs,
of your Colony, at White hall.
He is a Gentleman of great Vertue good Capacity in-
defatigable Finds easy Access, to the Kings Ministers And
NATHANIEL RALSTON & CO.
335
has a long, and usefiill Acquaintance at all the publick
Office.s.
He has been for many years Agent, For the Colonie of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Rhoade Island
And to whom, he has discharged his Trust, with much
fidelity, and ^Success, and at this day. Stands in high hon-
our, and Eteem, with them all, and upon his being Chosen,
I will give my Lettei's, to Such persons, of distinction at
White-hall, As I have the honour, to be known to, thereby
to render him. Still more capable, of .Serving his Imployers.
May God, of his infinite mercy, in Jesus Christ Still
lengthen out, your Usefull Life, (free from pain & Sick-
ness) to his own Glory, to the good of His People,
and to the Satisfaction, of your own Soul, in the last and
awfull hour, when May you hear your Lord and Master
Saying to you; “well done, good and faithfull Servant,
Thou hast Been Faithfull Over a few things I will make
the Rule over many things enter thou into the joye of thy
Lord.” Amen
I am Sr Your Honours Most Obedient &
Most Humble Serv‘
J BELCHER
Burlington (N J) September 6. 1749
Governour Law
NATHANIEL RALSTON & CO. TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston, Sept 1749-
May it please Your Honour
We Recv^ Your Favour of the 25 July Past, with an
Enclosed Packett to Esqr Palmer Your Agent, which have
forwarded to his Executors in London, from whom have
lately had an Account of the Death of said Gent° and
heartily Condole w^h You, for the Loss Your Colony has
Sustained thereby, who was very indefatigable in serving
its interest, and doubt not they will make his Family an
Ample Reward for his great Pains in procuring a Grant for
the Money for taking Cape Breton, & doubt not Your Hon-
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our will lay it before the General Court at ther next meeting
for their Consider^
In the mean time we salute You & Remain
Your Honours
most obedt & hum' Serv‘®
NATHANL BALSTON & Comp^
To The Hon'^'e Jonathan Law Esq''
[Superscribed] To The Honb'® Jonathan Law Esq Gov'
of the Colony of Connecticutt In Milford
[Indorsed] Messers Balston and Comp Sept ii‘'' rec^ 15*'’
1749
JONATHAN LAW TO ELIAKIM PALMER’S EXECUTORS.
New Haven Oct° 1749
Gentlemen
Enclosed you have the Act of The Assembly of The
Colony of Connecticutt, desiring you to Deliver All The
papers in your Hands respecting the Affairs of this Colony,
into the hands of Doc' Benja Avery, who is appointed our
Agent ; and to whom therefore you will doubtless deliver
them.
I heartily condole with you the loss of our very worthy
friend & Valuable Agent Eliakim Palmer Esq' whose care and
diligence in the affairs of this Colony hath been always very
gratefully accepted; and you will please to forward his
account with the Colony, & what shall be found due to M'
Palmer’s Estate will be punctually discharged : and if the
paper mentioned in my Letter io"r July 1749, be sent, due
care will be taken to make payment therefor. I Am
Gentlemen
Your Obedient
Copia Hume Servant
J. LAW
this need not be Recorded
The Executors of Eliakim Palmer Esq Deceased.
[Indorsed] Copies of Letters to D of Bedford and Ex's
of Eliakim Palmer Octob' 27 1749
JONATHAN LAW.
337
JONATHAN LAW TO DUKE OF BEDFORD.
New Haven C)ct° i?49
My Lord Duke
I am desired by the Govr & Company of the English
Colony of Connectiaitt in New England in America to
express the very gratefull sense, they have of his Majesty’s
good pleasure in the appointment of your Grace to the Sec-
retary of State, and that the Southern district is assigned to
your care: I am also to inform that Your’s i6‘h decern''
1748 came to hand, & due Aid & Assistance will be readily
afforded to such Person or Persons as are appointed by the
Treasurer of the royal Hospitall at Greenwich to recover
the unclaimed shares of prizes due to said hospital within
our Government.
And to your Letter igti' July 1749, directing that an
Account be prepared of Tenour & Amount of the Bills of
Credit created & Issued by this Colony, and the Time fixed
for the sinking & discharging them, & the funds appro-
priated for that purpose, I have to inform that the
General Assembly of the said Colony in compliance there-
with have a Comitee to prepare the Account required In
said Letter, which shall be forwarded as soon as the Same
may be perfected: I have further to inform That The said
Assembly at their sessions in May last did rnake provisions
for the sinking & discharging the outstanding Bills of
Credit of This Colony in a much shorter time than was
fixed by the Acts of Assembly at the time of their Emission
and Enclosed are the said Act made & passed in May last,
& an Additional Act of Assembly made & passed this
instant October — by Which the outstanding Bills of Credit
of this Colony, may be fully sunk & Discharged.'*^
I am Your Grace’s
most Obedient Humble Servant
J LAW
Copia
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to D of Be [ ] and M''
Palmers Ex^s
* These Acts are found in the Colonial Records IX, 447, 474. The money
granted or which may be granted by Parliament towards reimbursing the Col-
ony’s expenses for the Cape Breton expedition, and the intended expedition
against Canada, is appropriated for calling in the bills of credit, and further
taxes for the same purpose are laid.
22
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EPHRAIM WILLIAMS* TO ELISHA WILLIAMS.
Honourable Sir
The Surprising tydings of yonr designed Voyage to
Great Brittain has Just reach‘d me, May the presence of
the great Jehovah go with you, preserve prosper protect &
Bless you in all your Lawfull & Laudable undertakings.
Perhaps Divine Providence may be opening a Door for
your Serving the Cause and Kingdom of the Exalted Re-
deemer beyond our tho‘s or short views, you are not a
Stranger to the Scheem the Late dear and decest Ser-
geant has proposd and with unweried applycation pursued :
in order to Civilise & Christianise the Poor Heathen : in our
Borders as well as those here for whose best Intrests he
Labourd night and day to the last and dy^ desiring us who
Survive to promote the Same good Cause to our utmost the
truly affecting Joyfull pious and Incouraging letter which
mr Sergt received the very weak on which he was Seiz^
with his last Illness from the Excellent Chatholick & Rev-
erend Dr Ascough ministred abundant Comfort & hope to
him that God would find meens and Instruments to Carry
on his began work amonge the poor Indians who are yet
without God and without Hope: but allass m^ Sergt® tho‘s
for them are perrisht and I may without vanity I believe
add they have lost the best friend they had on Earth:
but I know God lives for ever : and can bring his own pur-
poses of mercy & good will to men to pass in Spight of all
the oppossion that Either Earth or Hell Can make against
it the Rev<^ & pious mr Hollis has distinguishingly exerted
himself and manifested a truly Christian and Generous Soul
in what he has done and is Still doing for the poor Indian
Children: and that is the most likely Scheem to Cultivate &
* Col. Ephraim Williams, whose son of the same name was later the founder
of Williams College, removed with his family in 1737 from Newton to Stockbridge:
his being one of the four English families designated by the Provincial govern-
ment of Massachusetts to settle in that place, in aid of the mission to the Stock-
bridge Indians which had been commenced there by the Rev. John Sergeant in
1735. Sergeant learned the Indian language and continued in the mission work
until his death July 27, 1749. His wife was Col. Williams’ daughter. Dr. Ascough
was Rev. Francis Ayscough D.D., sometime preceptor to George III before his
accession. Mr. Hollis was Rev. Isaac Hollis of London.
EPHRAIM WILLIAMS.
339
Spread Christian knowledge and good manners to the dis-
tant Tribes but one thing is yet wanting in order to make it
effectuall: viz to have an equal number of female Children
brought up and instructed in the Same House: under a suta-
ble governess: m^ Sergt, had life been Spard would have
used all proper measures to have effected it. the Boys make
good profficiency under there pressent tutor who appears
well quallifyd & Spirrited to Serve the Cause to his utmost:
your knowledge of the Gentl° renders it needless for me to
add on his behalf: I wish he may be well incouragti and
now Sr my ernest desire is you would be pleas'^ to wait on
the before-mentioned Gentle^ and informe them fully of the
State of the Case at this day perhaps thereby you may be
Instrumental! of laying a foundation of unknown good to
future posterrity of the poor Ignorant natives: the Com-
missioners I Conclude will Settle another Missionary So
Soon as they Can find a Sutable person for that Service
but unless they are inabled to give him a better Support
than mr Serg‘ had he Cannot Subsist : for in’" Serg‘ had not
half anough to Support himself & family, and the income
of what Estate he has left is not half Sufficient to maintain
and bring up his poor Children: but I hope and believe
God will provide for them to whome they have been early
devoted and who has graciously prommised to be a father to
the fatherles and a God and Husband to the widow: I am
perswaded that Ascough is a Gentle" so pious and Sin-
cerely Concernd for the good of poor dark perrishing Souls
that he will exert his utmost abbilities and Influence to
promote the most likely measures to Spread Christian
knowledge farr and widde And his being by Providence
Seated so near the throne may give him a vast advantage to
promote the good worke here which m^ Serg‘® Heart was So
much ingag*! in and in which God had so far Suckceeded
and prospered him. there is at present a prospect of some
of the mohawk Children being Sent to this School and
many other Indian Children are now offering themselves
and the girls I before mentind may easely be found: all
that seems at present wanting is a fund to Support it may
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a mercifull God incline and dispose those who have abbillity
to Consecrate in this so Laudable and pious way Some part
of their Substance to the Lord of the whole Earth if God
give oppertunity please to let these Reverend and worthy
Gent®“ know in what Relation I stood to the Deceast and
that together with my most dutifull regards I do in behalfe
of the Deceast return them ten thousand thanks for what
they have done towards the incouraging and promoting the
Gospelising the poor native in this wilderness, particularly
inform the good Dr that m^ Sergt put up some of his very
last Publick requests to God (in the most ardent maner) for
his Blessing on him his family & on his Royal Master: —
I pray God Say Amen to them — and now S^ for a Close to
these lines wrote in the utmost Hurry being Just Come off
my Jorney to the Jerseys and fearing you may be gon ere
they reach you shall only add my Respects to your self &
Spouse with Love to yours.
Sincearely praying and hopeing you may (by the will of
God) have a Prosperous Voyage and Safe return in due
time
your affectionate Kinsman & most Hum^i Serv*
EPHM WILLIAMS
StOCKBRIDGE Octo^r 24 1 749
Co*i Williams
JONATHAN LAW TO BENJAMIN AVERY.
New Haven OcV 27 1749
Sir
On the Malancholy News of the Death of our very
worthy Friend, & late Agent Eliakim Palmer Esq The
Governour and Company of the Colony of Connecticutt, in
the present General Assembly, have unanimously made
choice of Yourself to be Agent for this Colony in his room;
Which trust we encourage ourselves you will Accept, from
the friendly disposition & readiness you have always ex-
pressed to serve our Interest & to afford your assistance to
M*' Palmer in our affairs, which we very gratefully Ac-
JONATHAN LAW.
341
knowledge, and especially you will find by an Act of This
Assembly enclosed, We acknowledge The Care you expressed
for This & other Colonys in America by the concern you
have shown for our religious Interest in an affair so Im-
portant as that of putting a stop to The vSending a Bishop
among us.
I have inclosed the Acts of the Assembly of this Colony
appointing you to the General Agency, & special Appoint-
ments to receive the Allowances of money granted for reim-
bursing the expences of this Colony in taking & Securing
Cape Breton ; & what may be made for our expences in the
late intended expedition against Canada; with proper
Instruments of Procuration made out accordingly, & I have
enclosed duplicates of the two last agreable to intimations
from M'' Palmer, that they might be needed.
The Allowances of i\Ioney that are or may be granted
for the reimbursments aforesaid you will find fully Appro-
priated for the calling in & Sinking the now outstanding
bills of Credit of this Colony; & The Act for that purpose
made & past in May last, with the Additional Act of this
Assembly is inclosed : And now I am on the Head of our
paper currency, would observe to you that his Grace The
Duke of Bedford hath Signified his Majesty’s pleasirre. That
this Colony should order Accounts to be Sent him of The
tenour and Amount of all the bills of Credit which have
been Created & issued by this Colony ; with the times fixed
for the calling in, & sinking them & the funds appropriated
for that purpose ; and Accordingly a Comittee is appointed
to prepare the same, & I am desired to inform his Grace
thereof, & that with all convenient speed it will be pre-
pared & Sent ; but in the mean time we hope that the
method proposed in the last mentioned Act will Sink & dis-
charge our now outstanding bills of Credit much sooner
than the times fixed for that purpose & the funds before
laid will do it; & Accordingly have enclosed a Letter to his
Grace to that purpose, which you will please to deliver. I
have likewise enclosed the order of this Assembly to the
Executors of Elikiam Palmer Esq. to deliver into your
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hands all the papers and Letters &c belonging to the
Colony now in their Hands: by which you will be informed
in the general State of our Affairs. The Accounts of the
expences of this Colony in the taking & Securing Cape
Breton ; & in the intended expedition against Canada you
will find in the hands of Palmer’s Executors ; & by my
Letters of the lo* of July 1749 to M*' Palmer, which I pre-
sume are come to said Executors hands, you will find what
information was given him with respect to Several Affairs
then lying before him; & You will therein find the Direc-
tions given him respecting the Regiment raised in this
Colony in the late intended expedition against Canada,
whose Interest we are desirous to have promoted. And in
my Letter of The 21®* of July 1749 You’l see what difficulty
hath arisen between this Colony & The Province of the
Massachusetts-Bay respecting the Inhabitants of Woodstock
Sufiield, Enfield & Sumers who claim to be within this
Colony ; and you will please to pursue the Directions given
in that Letter, and prevent any proceedings of the Province
of The Massachusetts-Bay to get the Establishment of any
former Agreements that have been made, without our
being Noticed & heard thereon.
Mr Sharp hath been improved in the business of this
Colony, and hath Served us to Acceptance, & you will
probably improve him further, & from him you will get
information of some of our Affairs, & find some of our
papers in his hands.
[Indorsed by Law] Copy of a Letter to D^ Avery OctoV
27 1749
By my Letter of July 1749 to Esq’’ Palmer you will
see the State of the Canada Regiment and what pains has
been taken in their favour however M^ Elisha Williams Coll'
of y® Regiment and M^ Sam' Talcott Lieu* Coll' are coming
over to look after that Affair and some other business and
desire to be recomended to your favour and I make no doubt
of your affording them the best Advice and Assistance for
obtaining their just dues as Esq^ Palmer in his day did.
and shall alwayes acknowledge kindness in any other matter
JONATHAN LAW. — SPENCER PHIPS.
343
which may ly in your way to do to y Advantage
I have heretofore desired Esqr Palmer to return my
hearty thanks for your good Advice to Moderation when
Difficulties were among us ab‘ our Religious Affairs and
never having any hint from him of his receiving it I suspect
it miscarryd by the way as many other things did in the
time of Warr I now make mention of it and pray you to
accept it from your humble obedient Servant
JONTH law
Milford Nov*’'’ 16-1749
P S Sr
Leu‘ Coll* Talcott after the Close of my proceeding
Letter having obtaind the favour of y® Assembly for draw-
ing four hundred pounds Sterling of the money which they
hoped would soon come into your hands on Conditions
therein mentioned sends to me for Bills of Exchange on
you for it which pursuant to the Act of Assembly I have
signd three Bills for the s'* four hundred pounds which you
will favour him with so soon as it comes into your hands,
and Coll* Williams being already gone with my Packett I
now send by Mf Talcott a Duplicate of y® same.
j law'
SPENCER PHIPS TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston Novem^ 3. 1749.
Sir,
I am informed that his Excellency Govern^ Shirley had
settled an Agreement with the Governor of Canada (so far
as related to this Governm*) That the Charge of transport-
ing English Prisoners should be defrayed by the English
Governm* and the Charge of transporting French Prisoners
by their Government; And that upon his Excellencys in-
forming the Goverenors of the Neighbouring Colonies, the
most of them had signified their Approbation of this
Method; I am likewise informed That in the Year 1746,
there were brought into this Province in a Flag of Truce,
sent by the Governor of Canada, called Le Vierge de Grace
a great Number of English Captives, some of them being
Europeans, but the most of them belonging to the English
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Provinces & Colonies in America; & that about the same
time his Excellency had sent a Flag of Truce to Canada
with French Prisoners at the Expence of this Governm^.
And that his Excellency sent circular Letters to the Gov-
ernors of the English Colonies afore mentioned (with Lists
of the several Prisoners belonging to their respective Gov-
ernmts) wherein he informed them that as soon as the
Aecompts of the Charges of the Flags of Truce, & the
proportions of the several English Governments thereunto
were adjusted, he would send them to the said Govern^s
that so they might reimburse the Governor of Canada what
Charges he had been at for transporting the English Pris-
oners belonging to their Governmts. Soon after this, the
Court House in Boston was burnt, & therein all the Papers
relating to the Fitting out of the French Flag of Truce,
Which made it necessary that those Aecompts should be
had from Canada in Order to state the particular Part each
of the English Governm^s ought to bear to the Charge of
transporting their Prisoners ; And I find the said Aecompts
were sent here a little before Govern^ Shirleys Departure ;
And an Accompt has been stated between Governor Shirley
& the Governor of Canada, & sent to Quebeck by a Person
now there sent for the Redemption of Captives; And the
Govern^ of Canada has been assured that all possible Care
should be taken for recovering from each Governm* their
Proportion of the Charge. I shall now send your Honour a
Copy of the Aecompts ; By which you will perceive that the
Number of Persons belonging to your Governm* is Two and
the Proportion of the Charge is Fifty Eight Pounds two
Shillings & nine pence Which I must pray your Honour
would cause to be paid into my Hands as soon as may be ;
And the same shall be remitted to the Govern^ of Canada :
And I doubt not of your more ready Compliance when you
consider (as appears by the Accompt) that this Province
will be obliged to pay in proportion beyond any other Gov-
ernmt as the greatest Part of the Charge of the Europeans
& other uncertain Persons both in this Vessel & an other sent
to Louisbourgh will fall upon them
S PHIPS
The Hon^ie Govern^ Laws
CHARGE OK THE SHIP LA VIERGE 1)E GRACE.
345
CHARGE OF THE SHIP LA VIERGE DE GRACE.
The Charge of the Ship La Vierge de Grace amounted
as appears by the Contract to loooo Livres each Livre being
valued at Ten Shillings of the Currency of New England
makes the sum of ^^5000
The Proportion of each Concern or Interest in said
^{^■5000 is as follows
59
16
Massachusetts Bay [
the same taken at Nova Scotia [
^2180
4
8
75
29
New York
843
0
5
6
New Hampshire
174
8
: 5
6
Pensilvania
174
8
: 5
6
Rhode Island
174
8
: 5
2
Connecticutt
58
2
: 9
2
New Jersey
58
2
: 9
I
Bermudas
29
I
: 5
I
Annapolis Royal
29
I
: 5
I
Shirley Galley
29
I
: 5
9
Maryland
319
15
4
17
Europeans
494
2
8
1 1
Taken in Nova Scotia
261
I 2
: 6
6
Uncertain
174
8
: 5
172
5000
—
: —
Boston New England Septem^ 12*!’ 1749
^ Wheelwright Comiss^'y General
[Indorsed by Law] an Acc‘ of the Charge of our Prisoners
from Canada
JONATHAN LAW TO SPENCER PHIPS.
Milford Novb^ 14 1749
5-
Yours of the 3^ Instant I rec^ on the io‘h That you may
have a clear view of the State of the Affair you wrote of I
have inclosed a Copy of mine to Gov^ Shirley on the 26‘h of
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August 1747. I never having received any thing from him
concerning that matter I concluded the Ballance was in our
favour th6 he mistook ye number of Prisoners belonging to
us which would have made our part of ye charge one third
more than it really was. I informd the Gentlemen of our
northern Council of Warr and as I remember they told me
that on ye Request of Gov^ Shirley they lodged a considera-
ble Quantity of Provisions in your Nor Western Frontiers
on the promise of Gov'' Shirley to pay for it. I do not
remember the amount of it. shall take the first Oppor-
tunity to learn the certainty of it, and shall then take
speedy Care to send you the money if the Ballance shall
turn out in your favour and shall expect you will do me
the same Justice in Case your Gov* shall appear to be in
Arrears with ours
The Answer of our last Assembly to yours about the
four contending Towns I presume will reach your hands
before these Lines and since one ancient way of deciding
Titles of land of later times is become obsolete I would
hope every ones prudence will direct to a forbearance of
reviving an antiquated Customary way of tryal and as for
any other method It seems to me your Loss of them will be
less than your Expence in retaining them neither shall we
see our Acc' in recovering them but the giving so clear
Demonstrations of y' Situation being Southward of your
Charter Line and that ours is bounded North on yours we
would not expose our selves by denying them the Justice to
them belonging and altho the lower House did admitt
Deputies from Woodstock yet the upper House did not
think it a proper Season for them to concur in appointing
Justices and thot it enough to limit or rather extend
Hartford and Windham Counties to the Colony Line and
now in Assurance of my hearty desire of a good Harmony
between the Gov‘s I take leave to Subscribe
Your humble and obedient Servant
J LAW
Lieu‘ Gov' Phipps
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Gov' Phipps Nov' 14‘h 1749
EXPENSES OK INTENDED EXPEDITION AGAINST CANADA. 347
EXPENSES OF INTENDED EXPEDITION AGAINST CANADA.
Rhode Island
To the Charge of Three Companies
consisting of loo Men each,
raised in this Colony for the
intended Expedition ag®t Can-
ada, from the Day of each Offi-
cers entering into the Serv-
ice, or private Soldiers Enlist-
ments comencing in June 1746
to the Day of the discharge of
the said Three Companies on
the 3is‘ of Octob^ 1747. 4, 081
To Cloathing of the said Three
Companies. 974
To Arms & Ammunition of the S'^
3 Companies 340
To Provisions for the s^i Three Com-
panies when they embarked for
Nova Scotia 684
To the Hire of Transports taken up
to carry the said Detachment
to Nova Scotia, and for Sundry
Disbursments thereon. D339
To the Wages of a Doctor for the
s‘5 3 Companies 86
Total paid 7,5°7
9
2
14
6
18
13
4
3
8
SK
X
7
4
New Jersey
To Arms & Accoutrements for Five
Companies of 100 Men each
raised within this Province for
the Service of the intended Ex-
pedition ags‘ Canada, (The pay
of which said Companies is
charged in the New York Ac-
count.) 654 16 9
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To Cloathing for the said five Com-
panies.
To Sundry Military Stores.
Total
To Sundry Remnants of Cloth,
Linnen, and necessaries which
remain in the Hands of the
Comiss“’^s and for which the
Colony have given Credit to
the Crown
Remains due
1,624
16
7H
19
19
2,299
12
9J^
67 14
5?^
2,231 18
4j^
Connecticutt
To the Charge of one Regiment of
Foot consisting of Ten Com-
panies of loo Men each raised
in this Colony for the intended
Expedition agst Canada from
the Day of each Officers enter-
ing into the Service, or Private
Soldiers Enlistment commenc-
ing in June 1746, to the 31st of
Octobr following.
To Cloathing, Arms, Ammunition
and Stores for the said Regi-
ment
To the Wages of a Pilot hired by
the sd Colony to pilot the Trans-
ports provided for Transport-
ing the Troops to Quebec
Remains due
N.B. The Regmt raised in
the Colony of Connecticutt for
the Service of the intended Ex-
pedition agst Canada having
been permitted to retire to their
respective Homes on a general
5,291 15 3
5,045 19 10)4
259 17 6
10,597 12 7^
EXPENSES OF INTENDED EXPEDITION AOAINST CANADA. 349
Furlow on the 3i»‘ of Octo'" 1746
in Consequence of a Resolution
of the Assembly of the s^ Col-
ony, the pay of the s^ Regim
is charged in the above Acco‘s
to that Day only; a demand is
however made for the pay of
the s<i Regim‘ until the 31*^ of
Octor 1747 the Day whereon the
Troops raised in the Sev' Col-
onies for that wService were
directed to be dismissed (which
for the s^i last 12 months
amounts to ;^i2988 6 2^)
Alledging that the s^ Regim‘
did remain Subject to the Terms
of their Enlistment, & ready to
be called forth into the Service
when required, untill the 31^1
of Octo'' 1747 This appearing
to be the Case, it is proposed,
to allow the half of the Pay
for the s'i last 12 months which
will Amount to 6,594 3
Total remaining due to the (
Colony of Connecticut f
A General Acco^ of the Sums
of the Several Colonies Ex-
pence incurred in the intended
Expedition agst Canada, which
was carried into Parliament.
Vizt
17,191 15
Massachusetts
87,434
18 7
of which paid
in part 34,689 6 -r
New Hampshire
2 1,446
10 10^
New York
84,098
8 6
of which paid
in part
56,650
I 3
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New Jersey
2,231
18
4/^
Connecticutt
17,191
IS
8)4
Maryland paid 1,452 ii 7 ]
Pennsylvania d° 2,248 2 11 !
Jr. , r
12,338
0
7H
Rhode Island d°
1,130
7,507
10 . I
sH j
^^103,677 7 10)4
;^224,74I
103,677
12
7
8)4
co)4
remaining to be paid 2 1,064 4 10
[Indorsed] Acco* of the Sums of the Several Colonies Ex-
pence incurred in the intended* Expedition ag«t Can-
ada which was Carr^ into Parliament 1750
JONATHAN PARSONSf TO ELISHA WILLIAMS.
Newbury Jany 8‘h 1749/50
Dear &
The News of your being Ship’d & gone for England
was quite Unexpected & very Surprising to me, (tho’ I
heard three or four Months agoe you talk’d of Such an
Undertaking) Because I had Enquired of Justice Griswold
who was at my House not long since, & he told me that he
thought there was nothing at all in it, I wish God may Give
you a prosperous Voyage & Favour in ye Sight of Our
Rightful & Gracious Sovereign King George, in all matters
that you Shall Spread before him agreeable to Righteous-
ness; & I have no Jealousie that you will ask for any
things in your Own or others behalf but what you think so.
* This word has been crossed out.
t Jonathan Parsons, born in 1705, was graduated at Yale in 1729 and soon
after began preaching in the First Church in Lyme, Conn., (now Old Lyme). He
was ordained over that church in March, 1731, on which occasion he formally re-
nounced the “Saybrook platform” of church government. He became much
interested in the preaching of Whitefield and in a revival movement through
which many were added to his church. These views led to a disagreement with
some of his congregation, and he being of a quick temper asked for his dismissal,
which was granted in October, 1745. He removed to Newbury, Mass., where in
the following January he organized a Presbyterian church within the limits o^
other parishes. He became its pastor and remained in that capacity until his
death in 1776. Dexter's Yale Annals.
JONATHAN PARSONS.
35‘
As soon as I thought of Writing I long’d to hear of y®
particular Circumstances of your Family & friends, that I
might Write to you of them, tho’ you so lately took your
Leave of them, but I could hear nothing in particular tho’
Capt. Sheldon of Lyme wrote me a Letter y® 28*'’ of Dec
Wherein he Signifies y‘ it is a General time of Health in
those parts.
What Affairs you are Entrusted with to take up your
time & Employ your Great Abilities I know not, but I can’t
think you would so Embarras yourselfe with Business as to
take you quite off from Speaking a Word in y® Dear Cause
of Liberty of Conscience if a fair Opportunity presented.
You have often Espoused it in Connecticut Assemblies, as
well as more privately, with Arguments y‘ can never be
answered any other way than by a Majority of Hands.
And if need be I persuade my Self y‘ you will not be Silent
upon yt Head now you are on y® Other Side of y® Water.
With these Hopes Hon''<i S^ I am encouraged & beg
leave to lay before you Some few hints of y® Circumstances
of a considerable Congregation of Presbyterians in Newbury
with whom I am Setled as their Pastor by y® Concurrance
of y® Presbytery at Boston, they are a People constantly
Harrast by y® Parishes wherein they Dwell on Accompt of
Taxes towards y® Support of those Ministers in y® Inde-
pendent Churches on whose Ministry they cannot attend; &
can’t get any relief from y® General Court of this Province,
tho’ they have frequently sought for y® Same, they seem’d
very loath to Expose the Conduct of y® Province in Such
an Affair, & therefore waited with long Patience & Went
often with prayers to y® Assembly; But Since they find no
Intreaties will prevail, they have, after seeking to y® Father
of Lights for Direction, Unanimously Agreed that Duty to
God, themselves & their fellow Sufferers obliged them to
prefer an Humble Address to Our Gracious Sovereign im-
ploring y® Interposition of His Wisdom & Authority & to
leave the Event with God.
I am Sure you’l allow me to Speak a word or two about
y® People Since it is on Such an Occasion, and I have had
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more than four years Opportunity to Observe them, They
appear, upon this long Acquaintance, to be a kind, well
Disposed, peacable people in General, & a great Number of
them are in a Judgment of Charity, Solid & Excellent
Christians. Some of them ar esteem’d y^ most capable Men
for Publick Buisness of any in this Great Town, & even
their Adversaries thro’ Necessity are Glad to make Use
of them in y® most Difficult affairs of a Temporall Nature
which they meet with ; and as to their Religion, they are
not among y® Number of those wild frickish People y‘ are
Scatter’d about in some parts of y® Country, but Seem to
be as careful to avoid an Apish Sort of Religion as any Con-
gregation that I know, their Withdrawal! from y® former
places of Publick Worship was more than Seaven Years
agoe, & was then & is Still look’d upon Warrantable by
Some of y® most Substantial Ministers in Town & Country,
as I could easily make appear were it needful. And as to
their Temporal Circumstances Some of them are I Suppose
as Wealthy as any in Newbury Except Some of y® Church
of England: Others are Honest, Industrious People; but
Some are poor, & particiilarly we have many Poor Widows,
left so by y® Death of their Husbands in Cape Breton Expe-
dition, perhaps we have more poor Widows than there is in
Several of y® Other Congregations in Town put togather;
for y® People tell me it appears by y® List that more went
from Our Congregation upon that Expedition than from all
y® Congregations besides altho’ there are Seaven Worship-
ing Assemblies in all besides Our Church.
These things in General I think represent y® Disposi-
tion, Conduct & Temporal Circumstances of y® People. And
these People are drest up in Bear Skins & worried by their
fellow Creatures, their money is taken from them. Some
have their Goods Sold for a Song; their Bodies Drag’d thro’
y® Streets & Imprison’d with a “Lie you there ’till you
have paid y® lattermost farthing”. I don’t remember to
have met with any instances in y® History of New England
Equal to what I have Seen of this nature with my Eyes,
Except y® Strange treatment of y® Quakers: And it all
JONATHAN PARSONS.
353
arises from no other Caii.se than y<= Lusts of Men; Unless
the Conscientious Scruples of our people (all things Consid-
ered) refusing to help their Neighbours Support those Min-
isters on whose Ministry they never attend may be called a
Cause. ’Tis enough to move an heart of Stone to .see ones
Neighbours, but especially to see Sober, honest & pious
friends, Drag’d about upon y® Ground, thrown into Carts or
upon Sleds, & hail’d to Prison by fellow Protestants who
have no better Claim to Liberty of Conscience than their
Oppressed Brethren, If I understand Our Charter! the
Usage that I have Seen & y® Language that I have heard
at Such Seasons are not fit to be Named among a professing
People! my Heart Dreads y® Doleful Consequences that
must follow Such things unless God in Mercy prevent.
And can you Hon'‘‘^ S'" hear a Sketch of these things &
not Exert your Self in favour of y® Oppressed to y® Utmost
of your power, if God Should Give you an opportunity? I
am Sure you cannot : I know 5mur Attachment to Liberty
too well to think you would not do every thing that appear’d
proper to be done by you, upon all Seasonable Opportunities
& before all men. I have Stil a greatful Remembrance of
your Indefatigable efforts with y® Court in Connecticut for
the Libertys of y® People, & Remember y® Thanks which y®
Goverment gave you for y® Same. Had Some Gentlemen
laid by all prejudice, a great deal of y® Confusions that have
arisen about Religion had never been known : they had their
Rise from the Unhappy Violences in C 1, & So have Spread
into other parts. Will you Dear S^; nay, can you forget y®
Miserable State that your Mother Country is coming into
thro’ Oppression meerly from Violences used for Conscien-
cious Scruples in Matters of Religion? Now you have
Cros’d y® Ocean & are at an higher Board than any here,
only look back upon us, & think how many, directly against
Charter Priviledges, are Rending their fellow Servants to
pieces because they dont see with their Eyes. Have you y®
Bowels of a Father & y® Abilities of a Master? Surely
y® One will be turned within you, & y® Other you will Make
Use of, for y® Relief of Distressed Children! I am per-
23
354
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suaded that Our Gracious Sovereign ye King has not any
Subjects more Dutiful, nor more Strictly Attached to ye
House of Hannover than those that are trampled upon in
ye Manner that I have related: And if you Should
Exert your self in Some proper way for their help, I think,
it will be a Clear Evidence of your Approving the Happy
Establishment in that Illustrious Family; & Besides there
is Reason to hope that you will do more Service for God &
your Country by using your Interest & Influence for ye
redress of this Evil, while you are Waiting His Majestys
pleasure, than you can possibly do in a Neglect. I believe
you think that aboun dance of that wildness which has pre-
vaild in C 1 & Spread from thence has been very much
owing to ye Strange proceedings of Some Courts with y®
People that were called N : Lights, And there is Danger in
this Province, not only on y® one hand, of an Increase of y®
like Evils, but on y® other of y® most open & Growing Con-
tempt of all Religion by Multitudes, unless the Lord should
help us Respecting y® Article of Liberty, & y® Kings most
Excellent Majesty Should be most Graciously pleased to
Discharge us from Supporting a Ministry which we think
is not Safe, & which we cant in Conscience attend upon.
Therefore I beseech you once more, Hon^d S^ for Gods
Sake, for Religions Sake, & for y® Sake of y® Peace & hap-
piness of y® People, that you would (as need may call for
it) kindly interpose & help us in these Matters, Our Com-
mittee have Mentioned you to M^ Partridge who is Agent
for Us before the King in Council; & Probably he will
Shew you their Letter if you Should have an Inclination to
See it.
I Wrote to Dr Avery in y® fall of y® Year & if he
Should think it worth while to take notice of us, you will
be able to let him know who I am, & what you Apprehend
of me, if you think proper, I ask no favour but y® Naked
Truth, & that you will Speak if you Say any thing. Here-
with I Send you a true Copy of y® Recommendation which
Mr Beckwith drew up, & both y® Ministers of Lyme Sign’d
it just as I was taking my Leave of those parts & Expected
JONATHAN PARSONS. — JONATHAN LAW.
355
to go & Preach at Newbury where I am Since Setled.
Yoii’l See that y® Recommendation refers to a Council
which gave me my Liberation. Perhaps you may See
Some Occasion to Improve it, & if not it may lie with other
wast paper.
That you may be Continued for a Blessing to y® World,
May be Aboundantly Succeeded at y® Court of Great Brit-
tain, find much favour in y® Sight of our Gracious King, &
be Returned Safely to your Native Country for a Greater
Blessing than ever. Is y® Prayer of Hon^d S^ your most
Obedient Son & Serv‘
JONATH parsons
P. S. Salute Dr Avery for me & all other Friends.
Yours Ut Supra
Excuse my using a Clerk to write over my Letter from
my short hand. .The want of Time obligd me to do it.
To Elisha Williams Esqr
[Indorsed] Ans'i Aug‘ ii. 1750
JONATHAN LAW TO SPENCER PHIPS.
Milford Jan^ 13 1749-50
S’-
Having signifyd to you by mine of the i4‘*r of Novem-
ber last in answer to yours of y® of the same That I
would endeavour to know the certainty of the Demand this
Gov‘ had on yours, and if the Ballance was in your favour
I would send the money, accordingly I have sent to the
Com‘®® of warn And from ColU Stanly our present Treas-
urer who was one of the Com‘®® of warr I am informd That
by Colh Wells's account there was sent to victual the Sol-
diers desird to be sent from this Goverment to garrison
Sheffield and Stockbridge thirteen barrills and one third
part of a bl of Pork which cost twenty two pounds ^ barrell
amounting to 293 — 6 — 8
and also 500 w‘ of bread at 4'' C 20 — o ^ — o
313 — 6 — 8
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and the Charge of Transportation to Shef-
field afit loo'i
which he supposeth to be due from your
Govt to ours
Your Demand on ours is 58 — 2 — 9
100 — o — o
413—6 — 8
58 — 2 — 9
Ballance is 355 — 3 — ii •
Sr if this Acct be to your Satisfaction I doubt not of
your readiness to do me the same Justice you desire of me
otherwayes I will endeavour to give you further Evidence
yrof as soon as I can obtain them
Our Bills were issued to purchase these Provisions for
your Service and now we are endeavouring to call them in
JONTH law
the hon^ie L‘ Govr Phipps
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to L‘ Govf Phipps Jam 13th
1749-50 with our Acctof the provisions sent to the force
on Govr Shirlys desire
ROGER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Windsor Jan 22 1750
Mr Wyllys has sent me Mr Willards Letter to give the
oportunity to send my Thoughts upon it When the Letter
goes forward to you. Your Honrs Thoughts are Abundanly
suficient that he might well have spared Himself and mee
the trouble but Judged Mr Wyllys Opinion alwaies has a
Weight with mee and having this oportunity Given mee by
him you will pardon my giving you the Trouble of this
Letter in the Afair
If upon the uncertennty to Which of the Governts
Springfield will belong it may be lookt upon at present a
Neuterall Town I think there is no objection ag‘ that being
a suteable place for the Comrs to meet
As I Remember our Act apoints our Comissioners to
meet with theirs Agree upon and run the line and we sent
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357
it them the act did not specially I[ Jower them to meet
and Adjorn the Meetinjj
They have not sent in their Act Impowering their
Comissioners Mr Willards Letter Informs us that they are to
Treat with our Comissioners upon the subject matter of the
Controversie and agree u])on after Meetings, it also Inti-
mates that this meeting of the Com'’s jg apointed to be the
way for Bringing on a setlement by the Com'’® instead of a
Latterall Corispondence between the two Govern‘s And
that they have not the same oj^inion of the Great thing
that was done upon the fifth of Sep*' as they have of the
Great things that have been done on the fifth of Nov''
I Could be very glad if this Controversie Could be
well setled between the two Governt® without Carrying
the Controversie hence to Great Britain and Comissioners
apointed to meet and treat about it may be a Good Leading
step to a peaceable setlement if Comr® were apointed on
each side with Equall powers and Instructions and the
present Dificulty ap^jears to mee our Com"'® are apointed to
meet agree upon and run the line according to the Charters
theirs only to Treat upon the subject matter of the Contro-
versie if ours Cant stop short of the bussiness to which they
are apointed and theirs Cant step into it the meeting must
be of little service
but here I must refer my self to your Honr® superior
Thoughts if you find this objection is of no weight tis no
matter how soon the Comr® meet if otherwise I submit it to
mention it to them and to desire a Copy of their act Impow-
ering their Comissioners that so we may see whither they
have the like powers with the Com^® on our part if not that
measures may be taken on both sides to Give their Comr®
powers alike and signify to them that we have no Indispo-
sition to treat with them by Comr® on the subject matter of
the Controversie
I have this winter suffered much by a painfull Dis-
temper but seem now to be Growing better the Lord pre-
pare mee to do or suffer as he shall he shall think best
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Accept my service for yourself and Madame Law who
am
your Very Humble serv*
ROGER WOLCOTT
To the Honabie Jonath'^ Law Esq^
[Superscribed] To The Hon^bie Jonathan Law Esqr In
Milford
[Indorsed] D Govr Wolcotts Letter Jan^ 22'^ 1749-50
WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO ELISHA WILLIAMS.
S‘ James’s Street Febry i2‘b 1749.
Sir,
I am favour’d with your letter of the 8tb Instant, &
have as you desire, recommended Mr Kellog for the Pilot’s
Pay, w^r your Government contracted with him for, & the
Lords of Trade &c will report in favour of it.
As to the Case of your late Regiment’s Pay, I must
observe to you. That the Trust of adjusting & liquidating
the Accompts of the American Expences incurr’d on Acc‘
of the late intended Expedition ag* Canada, was committed
to Mr Knowles & me jointly; that he was of Opinion it
was our Duty to state the particular case of your late Regi-
ment, as to the Pay of it, from the time of the whole Corps
being dismiss’d to their respective homes, “untill they
should have his Majesty’s Orders for mustering again”, for
his Majesty’s own Determination ; & a concealment of the
special Circumstances of it by me would have been a Breach
of Trust, & was absolutely out of my Option & Power,
that the case was stated by me in the most favourable light
for the Officers and Soldiers, the former of w^b I recom-
mended in the strongest manner I could for whole Pay to
31st of October 1747, & the latter to some Pay at least to the
same time; thd: I was under no Necessity of giving my
Opinion either way: That I have endeavour’d in my At-
tendance upon the Lords Commissioners of Trade, Pay-
master General, & Secretary at Warr to promote at the
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359
Board what I recommended in my State of the Case from
Boston; & their Lordships had, before your Arrival here,
in their Report rested the Matter for the Consideration
of the Lords of Treasury upon that State of it, with my
Opinion set forth at large in favour of the Allowance of
Pay recommended by me to ’em : That upon hearing of
your Arrival & Design to put in a Memorial to the Lords
of Trade &c upon the case of your Regiment, I sent for
you, inform’d you of what I apprehended were the essential
Circumstances for you to urge in favour of it, & offer’d to
prepare & settle your Memorial in the most advantageous
Manner for the Officers & Soldiers: That you did not think
fit to let me have the Inspection of your Memorial, but drew
it up as you judg’d most proper, & therein stated the case of
your Regiment in your own Manner; that their Lordships
have thereupon reconsider’d their Report, & will, I believe,
alter it; & their present Report will be form’d intirely upon
your own State of the case, & not mine; That you are
under a Mistake in imagining that they will now govern
themselves by my opinion or Recommendation in the Affair;
For as they have the Case lay’d before 'em by yourself, they
have jirdg’d for themselves upon that, without Regard to
my Representation of it, wch they will not now adopt: That
you have had from the Beginning my best Offices in favour
of your Regiment’s Pay, particularly when they consider’d
your own State of it, & shall, as far as you have left it in my
Power to exert ’em, continue to have ’em to the End: That
if I had acted solely upon the Motive of making Savings
for the Crown in the case of your Regiment, as you seem to
insinuate in your letter, I should not have given my Opinion
in favour of Pay’s being allow’d it, & urg’d it with the
strongest Reasons I could think of ; & if I have err’d on
either Side, it is in favour of the Regiment. I am. Sir,
Your Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
Colonel Williams.
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WILLIAM SHIRLEY TO ELISHA WILLIAMS WITH
WILLIAMS’ OBSERVATIONS.
S‘ James’s Street Feb. 12th 1749.
I am favoured witb your Letter of y® Sti’ Instant, &
have as you desire, recommended Kellogg for the Pilots
Pay, which yr Government contracted with him for, & the
Lords of Trade &c will report in favour of it.
as to y® Case of y^ late Regiments Pay I must observe
to you — That y® Trust of Adjusting & Liquidating the ac-
counts of the American Expences incurred on acco‘ of y®
late intended Expedition agt Canada was committed to
Knowles & me Jointly; that he was of opinion, it was our
Duty to State y® particular Case of yr late Regiment as to
y® Pay of it, from the Time the whole Corps was Dismissed,
to y Respective Homes, entill they Should have his Maj-
estys orders for Mustering again, for his Majestys own
Determination & a Concealment of y® Special Circumstances
of it by me would have been a breach of Trust, and was
absolutely out of my option & Power. That the Case was
Stated by me in y® most favourable Light for the Officers &
Soldiers; the former of w®'’ I recommended in the Strongest
Manner I could for whole Pay, to 31* of Octobr 1747, and the
latter to Some Pay, at least, to y® Same Time; tho I was
under no Necessity of giving my opinion Either Way. That
I have Endeavoured in my attendance upon the Lords Com-
mis^s of Trade Paymaster General & Secret^'y at War, to
promote at the Board, what I recommended in my State of
the Case from Boston ; and their Lordships had before your
arrival here, in their Report, rested the Matter for the Con-
sideration of the Lords of Treasury, upon that State of it,
with my opinion Set forth at Large in favour of the allow-
ance of Pay recommended by Me to em. That upon hear-
ing of yr arrival & Design to put in a Memorial to the
Lords of Trade &c, upon the Case of y^ Regiment, I Sent
for you, informed you of what I apprehended were the
Essential Circumstances, for you to urge in favour of it*, and
offered to prepare & Settle Your Memorial in the most
WILLIAM SHIRLKY.
361
advantageous Manner for the officers & Soldiers. That you
did not think fit to Let me have the Inspection of y Memo-
rial, but drew it up, as you judg’d most proper, & therein
Stated the Case of y Regiment in your own Manner. That
their Lordships have thereupon reconsidered their Report,
& will I believe alter it; and their present report will be
formed Entirely upon y^ Own State of y Case & not Mine.
That you are Under a Mistake, in Imagining that they
will now govern themselves by my o.pinion or recommenda-
tion in the affr; For as they have the Case laid before ’em
by yr Self they have Judged for themselves upon that,
without Regard to my representation of it, which they will
not now adopt.
That you have had from the Beginning my best offices
in favour of your Regiments Pay, particularly when they
considered y own State of it, and Shall as far as you have
left it in my Power to Exert ’em continue to have ’em to the
End. That if I had actedf Solely Lipon the Motive of mak-
ing Savings for the Crown in the Case of y^ Regiment, as
you Seem to Insinuate in y^ Letter, I should not have given
my opinion in favour of Pay’s being allowed it, & urged it
w‘h the Strongest reasons I could think of; and if I have
Erred either side it is in favour of ye Regiment.
I am Sir y^ Humble Servant
W SHIRLEY
Coppy of Gr Shirleys Letter to E. Williams
*Not True, as he represents it. When I had told Him,
I should give in an answer to ye Board of Trade to his ob-
servations. He desired Me to let him See it. I told Him
I had it not with me, that a Clerk was drawing it out fair.
He said he w<i advise me to Set the Necessity of the Sold^s
going Home after ye resolve of ye assembly in the Strongest
Light, as what would best Serve them. I told him I had
done So. and also That as they did not think yn^selves
dismissed from the Kings Service So Neither did he him-
self, for that after that resolve in the Winter Season He had
wrote to me to have y™ in a readiness to go upon ye
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Expedition agt Crown point &c and that I waited upon
Him soon after at Boston, & told Him we were ready & He
Said He did not Know of that resolve of o'" assembly then.
I told him he Did, for that He mentioned it as being In-
formed of it by Law in ye beginning of his Letter, on
weh he was silent.
I believe he was willing to have had y® ordering of my
answer, (tho he Said no Such thing to me) but I did not
think it best, to trust Him in ye affair, who had done us So
great an Injury.
f Alass, I never thought he acted upon Such Motive, but
to Serve himself, under So fair a Show of Saving Money to
ye Crown, and that if really he acted under So fair a
Notion, why y" did he not act impartially, & Save Money
to ye Crown, from ye Pay of those Officers Whose Commis®
he had Antedated, in we^ Case he had Himself made ye King
Liable to pay Money, where he had never promised it. &
Save Money also to ye King from those Sold^s in his own
Regiments who were at Home as o^s were — but He touches
not on this part of my Letter — -I forbear making any more
remarks upon it — having Scarce Patience to read it — am
Glad I have at least Saved or prevented ye Mischief I know
he had designed Captt Kelloggs Pay — ■ while he was in N
England — for there he always Said ye King ought not &
nev^ w<i pay it. & had he found it presented to y® Board
before I came, I doubt not, his making objections to it. He
Had Said to me a few Days before, that in his Judgment,
we ought to have full Pay, till Discharged oct. 31. 1747 —
Even as I intimate to Him tow^s ye Close of my LetP —
How reconsileable that is with some things in this Letter I
Leave you to Judge
E W
[Indorsed] M^ Shirleys Lett*' to E W
RICHARD I’ARTRIDGP;,
363
RICHARD PARTRIDGE TO JONATHAN LAW.
London 12 m° or feb^y the i6‘h 1749/50
Gov* Law
I take the Liberty with the leave of Doc Avery
lately appointed Agent for the Colony for Connecticutt, to
address thee on the Transactions of the Affairs relating to
the said Colony at the Court of this Kingdom in as much as
altho he is willing to be servisable in Sollicit^ for, and
receiving your Cape Breton Money & Signing some Memo-
rials yet declines to continue your Agent in the other future
necessary Affairs & was pleased to recommend Col° Williams
to me for advice & Assistance, which accordingly I have
undertaken at both their Reque.sts & have hitherto Exerted
myself for the Colonys Interest according to the best of my
Capacity & should be glad my Endeavours might be attend-
ed with Success to the Satisfaction of the Gentlemen
imediat’ly concerned.
The arrival of CoD Williams here, was in time, before
the Lords of Trade, Pay Mas*" Gen', and Secretary at War,
had concluded their Report on the Several Colonys Acco'®
for the Expence incurr’d on the designed Expedition ag^t
Canada to whom they were referr’d by the Lords of the
Treasury to be liquidated & Ajusted : whereupon we quickly
applyed to the E[ ] of Eliakim Palmer Esq^ your former
Agent for some necessary Papers but they absolut’ly re-
fused to deliver any of them (except y^ papers relating to
Col° Williams Regiment) without Some Security for the
payin' of the Ballance of acco' due to the Estate of the said
Palmer, which they Say is about ^227 Sterl: whereupon
considering any further delay might be attended with very
fatal Consequences, & the absolute necessity there was
of complying, I ventured to give my note of hand for
paying the Ball: due, rather than the Colonys Cause should
Suffer & then we obtained what papers we wanted both for
the Colonys imediate concern as also what Related to the
Regiment for Col° Williams: in the mean time applying to
the Lords of Trade for Copys of Gov' Shirleys Observations
both on the Colonys acco': of Arms & Cloathing and what
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related to his Regiment which we quickly obtained, & there-
upon drew up answer for Doc'’ Avery to Sign respecting the
Colonys said acco‘ & a suitable affidavit, made by Col°
Williams & Lieut‘ Col° Talcott annexed thereto and deliv-
ered in to the Said Board, with Col° Williams answer to the
s"^ Governors Objections to the pay of his Regim*: the latter
drawn up by a Solliciter recomend<i by Jn° Sharpe to whom
we applyed by direction of D"' Avery & then we drew up a
Memorial to the Lords of the Treasury signed by Avery
praying paym‘ of the ^66,189 19 5 Currv for Bounty,
Billitting, and provisos for the Soldiers which we reduced at
the rate of 750 for ;^ioo Ster: amount®^ to ^8,825 6 6
Ster: which being exhibited to the Treasury they of Course
referred the same to the Lords of Trade to receive an
Examination as afores<i but we have little Encouragm* hith-
erto of this latter Sum being paid, but it is likely to have
the Same fate as the other Colonys for that kind of Expence
to be thrown on those who advanced the money, to make a
Saving to the Crown; which I think is hard & unreasonWe
except abt 7 or 800^ Curry charged in the Acco‘ to certain
Articles which they allow off. And as to the Acco‘ of Arms
& Cloaths which had been exhibited by your former Agent
that was laying before them but as yet there’s no getting
any certain knowledge whether any and what abatem‘ will
be made thereon till their Report is made to the Treasury
which we are assured will now be done (with what relates to
the other Colonys also) Some time next week, & then its
expected the Several Sums agreed on will be laid before the
Parliamt in order for passing an Act for Paym‘ of the
Money, but when it will be ready for receivs^ is altogether
uncertain, against which time I apprehend it will be neces-
sary for thee as Governor of the Colony, to make out an
other proper Power of Attorney under the Colony’s Seal to
authorize Some ^son here to receive their Canada Expedi-
tion Money of the Treasury, Something Agreeable to that
already sent to Doct: Avery. Inclosed I Send Copys of all
the Memorials & papers before mentioned relating to the
Transactions Since Col° Williams’s arrival here for the Sat-
RICHARD PARTRIDGE.
365
isfaction of your Gen' Assembly except of the Col"* Memo-
rial relating to the pay of his Regim' which was drawn up
by the Sollicitor & is very long; To do the Col° Justice, he
has laboured in these affairs with me indifaticably, both re-
spects^ the Colonys acco'** of the Charge exhibited, as in that
for the Pay of his Regim', & with a great deal of prudence
& Solid Judgm', without whose assistance I am Satisfied in
the intricacy of Affairs the Cause could not have been so
well managed.
One thing further, I think it necessary to mention,
which is, that in the Course of these Transactions, they
were unavoidably attended with Expence, which I have
hitherto paid out of my pocket & Shall for the Service
of the Interest of the Colony advance more, besides what I
stand engaged for as to the Ball: of Palmers acco' which
I gave my note for to the Executes as afores^J, & which I
assure myself care will be taken to give me an order on
Avery for the paym' off, for at present he don’t Seem to
apprehend he has any Authority to pay it out of the Cape
Breton money when he receives it.
Nothing is done in this Session of Parliam' yet about
Paper Currr neither do I think there will be now, as time is
so far Spent; and besides, the State of Paper Money is not
yet returned from the Several Colonys, which was required
last year b}?^ the House of Coinons except from Pensylvania
& New Jersey that I hear of.
There has been a Bill lately Bro' into the House for
taking off the duty on the Importation of Pig & Bar Iron
from our Plantations, but its thought it will hardly pass as
there is likely to be a Strong Opposition to it.
As for the Affair of your Boundarys with the Massa-
chusetts I find no Steps have yet been taken about it here,
neither do I think there will be till further Instructions
come over abo' it Avery seeming inclinable not to meddle
with it.
I am w"’ due respects to the Gentlemen of the Council
& House of Representatives
Thy and their assured Friend
RICHD PARTRIDGE
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I send thee to my Correspond*® Andrew Oliver & Co. a
Magazine & some other News Papers this Conveyance
of which I desire thy acceptance to be sent thee ^ a
private hand
[Superscribed] To Jonathan Law Esq>^ Governor of the
Colony of Connecticutt
[Indorsed] Rich<i Partridges of the i6 of ffebruary 1749-50
rec^ April 20**^ 1750
[A duplicate of this letter (Agents Letters, 76) has the
following in place of the above postscript.]
Respecting a Solicitor to be employd in ye Affair of
the Boundary above mentioned, I am apt to think John
Sharpe will hardly undertake it for Connec*, becau'se I
know he was engaged for [ ]ssachusetts in their Bound-
aries w**’ Rhode Island and also ag®* New Hampsh""
BENJAMIN AVERY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Sir
I received the Papers which you sent me by Coll°
Williams; & the Duplicates which were forwarded to me by
Capt° Spendor: by which I was made acquainted with the
Favor which your Honour & the Assembly had done me in
appointing me your Agent. Had I known your intention
I would have prevented that Appointment : because I fear
the Affairs of the Colony will suffer by the Nomination of a
person to this Office, whose stated Business lays him under
an absolute Necessity of refusing to accept of it. In my
Judgment, as you could never have fix’d on a more proper
Person than my late worthy Friend, Palmer, so not
could you easily have thought of a Person less able to serve
you in this Capacity than myself. I want indeed no good
Will to the Colony: & any Interest I may have in this
Countrey, or with any Persons of Weight & Figure in it, I
will readily & faithfully use in the Service of Connecticutt.
But there are Attendances required of your Agent, neces-
sarily required, from the very nature of his Business, which
my Situation in Life render me quite incapable of giving.
BENJAMIN AVERY.
367
But least the Afifairs of the Colony should irretrievably
suffer, by my absolutely declining to act at all in this Office,
I did, at the Request of Several Gentlemen of Connecticutt
& the Massachusetts, who are at pre.sent in this City,
resolve to act so far, as to present a Memorial to y® Lords
of the Treasury, requesting, they would pay me the
28,863:19:1. due to the Colony on Account of the Reduction
of Louisb. & Cape Breton. This was very civilly received;
& M'' Pelham has encouraged me to expect, that there shall
be no unnecessary delay in the paying it. When it is paid,
I shall acquaint your Honoiir with it: and I shall deposit it
in ye Bank of England, till I receive your Honour’s
Draughts on me for it. Lieutenant ColD Talcot says he
has bills drawn on me by your Honour for 400'' Sterling,
part of that Money; which the Post script to your Honours
Letter will, I imagine, warrant me to pay him out of that
Money as soon as I receive it.
But as to the projected Expedition against Canada, &
any Money due to the Colony on that account, I cannot
think of interesting myself at all in this Matter any other
wise than by my good Offices. I have indeed presented a
Memorial for y® Money due for Bounty Billetting & Trans-
ports; but I am frankly told that little, if any, of that
Money is likely to be paid. M^ Palmer had presented a
Memorial, near a 12 M° since, for Money due on the Can-
ada Acc‘ for the Clothing, Arms & pay; & for these last
mentioned Articles, I believe, it will be recomended to the
House of Cms to make some Provision: But I much fear
that the Whole of the Pay due to either the Officers or
Soldiers will hardly be order’d; on Acc‘ of some Objections,
raised by the Govern^ of a Neighboring Province, founded
on a Resolve of your Assembly, in OcD or Nov*" 1746, to
send the Men home to their respective Habitations: This
is understood, or pretended to be understood, as dismissing
them from his Majesty’s Service. I have endeavored, &
shall endeavor, to represent y® unreasonableness of any
Abatement of their pay on this Pretense; but with what
success I am not able to say. Our great Men, in this Affair
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are for laying hold on every handle to Save Expences to
the Crown: But if they do save the Crown any Money by
such a Deduction from ye Pay of these Officers or Soldiers,
I shall not be able to think that they act honourably ; &
they will, in my Judgment, Saddle the Colony & many
particular persons in it, with a disproportionate & very
unreasonable Expence.
But however this may turn oiit, I shall beg to be
excus’d from meddling with any of the Money that may be
granted for the reimbursing the Colony the Expences
incurr’d or Debts contracted on that Occasion. I have a
great Regard for y^ Colony; & a just Sense of the Obliga-
tion they have laid me under by y® unexpected Confidence
they have plac’d in me: and both from the Recoinendations
I have had of him, & the Conversation I have had with him,
I cannot but have a particular & very great Concern for Coll°
Williams, as a Gentleman of eminent & distinguish’d Merit;
but my Affairs are so circumstanced, that I did not dare,
nor upon any Consideration can I, or will I, undertake ye
Solliciting the Cause of ye Regiment ; & therefore at his first
coming I recomended ye Collonel, & his particular Busi-
ness about the Regiment, to M^ Richard Partridge, as one
who has been conversant in these Things many years ; has
Sollicited the like affairs on behalf of Rhode Island & New
Jersey; & as a Gentleman of whose integrity & Capacity for
Managing Things of this Nature, I had a very good Opin-
ion. He has done, & will do all that he can to Serve y®
Coll® & y® Colony in this Respect; & I doubt not will
deserve their gratefull Acknowledgements on this Account.
Mr Palmer’s Execrs are not free to deliver up the
Papers relating to the Colony’s affairs till his Accounts with
the Colony are adjusted & Clear’d. They say he had a
considerable Demand on the Colony; to the discharge of
which I did not apprehend my self warranted to apply any
part of the Money which I might receive on the Louisb.
Account; because I perceive all that Money except Lieu*
C^i Talcot’s 4ooi> is applied by order of y® Assembly, &
appropriated to the Single Use of calling in your Paper
HENJAMIN AVERY. ELISHA WILLIAMS. 369
Currency. However, I believe, I shall soon have those
Writings from the ExeCs; M»- Partridge having given his
Note to satisfy them as to any reasonable Demands they
may have on ye Colony for business done, or Money laid
out, by Mr Palmer in their Service. I mention this, that
your Honour may See y® Reason why I take no Notice of
that Paragraph in your Letter, in which you recoinend to
my Care the disputs between Massachusetts & Connecticut
with respect to the Boundaries, & some particular Towns
over which each of the Provinces claim Jurisdiction. I can
say nothing certain or Satisfactory about it till I have
perus’d those papers; but by what I can gather from a
short conversation with Coll° Williams on that Subject,
That is a Dispute which can only be Ended by the King &
Council ; & I fear will take up some years, & cost a great
deal of Money, before it can be brought to a Decision.
I am a Sincere well-Wisher to your Honour, & to your
Colony ; & shall not cease heartily to pray for your, & it’s,
growing & lasting Prosperity & Happiness.
I am, with great Respect,
Your Honours
most obed‘ faithfull humble Serv‘.
BENJ. AVERY
To Jon'^ Law Esq^
P. S. Guy’s Hosp: 17 February 1749.
I deliver’d your Honour’s Letter to the Duke of Bed-
ford ; & his Grace seem’d very well Satisfied ; but did not
charge me with any Answer.
[Indorsed] D^ Averies of i7‘i’ of Feb^ 1749 Rec<i April 27th
1750-
ELISHA WILLIAMS TO JONATHAN LAW.
London FeVy 21st 1749.
Sir
Upon my arrival in this City, I immediately [dejlivered
your Honrs Packet to D^ Avery, who declind [accjepting
the Trust of agency for the Colony. I told him I had
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[unjderstood, that Shirley had laid in Objections to the
Colonys [acjcots of their Expences in the Canada Expedition
and the Colony would suffer unless he appeared for them.
He Said he had a great regard for the Colony, and Should
be always ready to Serve it wherein he could, but that this
Service was utterly Inconsistent with his other Business,
which he was obliged to attend, and Should be very Sorry,
the Colony Should Suffer any thing in the present Case,
and therefore, (Said he) do you who understand the Colonys
affairs, draw up proper answers to M’’ Shirleys objections,
and I will Sign them. I told him I -was a Stranger to Every
Body, & Manner of proceeding necessary to be Known in
every Step. He Said take Richard Partridge with you,
who is thoroughly acquainted at all the Offices, and with the
Management of Such affairs, & is an active faithful Man.
I have accordingly done So and find him to answer
Avery’s Character of him. When M'' Partridge had got the
Coppys of Mr Shirleys Objections, to the Colonys acco‘s. I
found they related only to the arms & Cloathing, and there-
fore concluded the other acco‘s relating to the Bounty
Transports &c had never been exhibited, & must therefore
Lye in the hands of Mr Palmers Execufrs. I therefore
waited on Dr Avery & acquainted him with it, & prayed
him to get the Colony’s Papers from those Executrs He
desired Me to attend him on that affair the next Day, which
I did. The Executrs refused to Deliver the Papers except
the Money due from the Colony to Mr Palmer was first paid
or at least Security given for it, which they Said was up-
wards of 2 20;^ Sterling. Dr Avery refused to do it, as not
intending to accept the Ageney. I asked, what the Money
was due for? They Said it was for Money he had been
advancing for y® Colony at Times ever since he had been
in the Agency, and represented y® Matter as if y® Colony
had not treated Mr Palmer handsomely, in Suffering a Bur-
den of Expence to lye upon Him, without furnishing him
with any Stock for [thajt Purpose, or. paying him for So long
a Time. I found my Self affected for the Colony Set in So
disadvantageous a Light, as to their Treatment of their late
ELISHA WILLIAMS.
371
Worthy Agent before Avery, whom the Colony was now
desiring to Serve them in that Capacity, and to vindicate
the Colony as far as I was able Told them, I Knew the
Colonys honourable regard for Mr Palmer, That as they well
accepted his Services So they would not Knowingly be
Wanting, in reimbursing his Expences. That I had Seen
Some Time Since a Letter drawn up for Mr Palmer, Where-
in he was desired to Send an acco‘ of his Expences in behalf
of the Colony, and was assured the Same should be honour-
ably discharged. Which I was Satisfied was Sent Him, and
if Mr Palmer had not Sent his account, as I believed he
never had, I concluded they would not cast blame on the
Colony, and told them if they had Sent the acco‘ since Mr
Palmers Death, the Colony would undoubtedly have paid
the Ballance and asked, if they had done it, they Said, they
had not. they had So many other acco‘s to Look into and
that they had but lately got part of y® acco‘s from Mr Sharp.
I desired them to prepare and Send it and assured them it
would be honourably discharged. Which they Said they did
not doubt of. but would not after all I could Say deliver
the Colonys Papers, Except on the above Condition. I
desired to look among the Papers which they granted and
finding the acco* aforementioned, which had not been
Exhibited; I urged the immediate Necessity, of that One
Paper but could not obtain it. I asked Dr Avery if I should
desire Mr Partridge to give the Security desired. He
advised me to do so. Next Morning I applied to Mr Part-
ridge for that Purpose, he consented, and gave a Promissory
Note to the ExecuP for the payment of the Ballance due
from the Colony. Thus the Papers were obtained, and
what has been done to get those accot® allowed, Mr Partridge
I conclude will give particular Information of. and So
much I thought needful for me to acquaint yr Honr with
that you might Know the absolute Necessity there was of
giving Security in behalf of y® Colony, as to the Fate of
the last acco‘ My Lord Dupplin (one of the Board) told me
yesterday, that they had picked out of it as many Articles
as would amount, he thought to about an 150;^ Sterling
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which they had agreed to allow, but that as to all the rest,
, they should Serve Connecticut, as they intended to do, the
other Governments, on the like articles of Charge — allow
none of it. It is a very Unhappy Season for the getting
any Acco*® allowed. The Ministry being resolved to make
all possible Savings to y® Crown, and with respect to y®
Colonys as well as that of Connecticut regiment Mr Shirley
has been an Useful Instrument. He Expects to go in a
Month to Paris as one of the Commissirs to Settle the Bound
Line between us & France, in North America, which is
thought will take Him up no Small Time.
I am Your Hour®
most Obedient
and very humble Servant
ELISHA WILLIAMS
Govr Law.
[Indorsed] Col° Elisha Williams’s Letter Feb. 21st 1749
ELISHA WILLIAMS TO JONATHAN TRUMBLE.
London Feb^y 21®* 1749/50
Sir
I wrote you via N. York 25*!’ Ult: enclosed to my Son,
and on y® it of y® Month, enclosed to Mr Miller of N. Lon-
don. I now write by L‘ Whiting returning Home, a sum-
mary of wt I wrote before least yy fail, and carry on my
acc‘ of or affrs to the present Day. After a rough Passage,
I arrived safely at Dartmotit y® 7*11 of Janry, and on y® 19*
at London. I immediately repaired to Dr Avery, who abso-
lutely declines the Agency, pr reqt or Colony, as being
utterly inconsistent wtti his other Business. I urged among
other things y® Necessity of our affrs. That I had under-
stood from Mr Partridge, (whom I had accidentally seen
that morning) That G“ Shirly had not only laid in objec-
tions to the pay of the regiment, but also against y® Colonys
accPt® of arms & Cloath^ &c., and that the Colony must
suffer Unless He appeared for them. He replied you
understand fully y® Colonys affrs and must draw up proper
KLISHA WILLIAMS.
373
answer to Shirleys representations, and said He would
Sign them. I told Him I was a Stranger to Every Body &
particular Manner of procedure & prayed y^fore his advice.
He said Partridge is well acquainted w‘^ those aff^s^ take
Him with you. I have done so, and find he is well
acquainted w‘^ Men & Things, active & Indefatigable. I
immediately got Coppys of his objections. His objections
to ye Pay of y‘ Regiment are founded upon that unhappy
resolve of o*" Assembly, Oct. 1746. weh you are well
acquainted with. To ye acc‘® of Arms & Cloathing, He
sais ye same is too high 20 & 25. per Cent. That you may
ye better understand, the unhappy Situation of our affrs^ I
must go so far back as to tell you. That the Complaints ag‘
That Gentleman had Issued not a Little in his Favour.
Sev' of his Louisbourg officers had complained of his getting
Money out of them for yir Gommissions, viz such a part of
y*'" pay as was Due from y® Date of y>‘' Comi^ons to ye Time
of y'r receiving y™ weh he had also kept some Time in his
hand for ye sake of increasing that Sum, but it seems he
has ye Cunning to tell y® Ministry, That That Money did
not belong to y® Officers, and if it was not his perquisite it
belonged to y® Crown, and so a designed piece of F d
was converted into a piece of Merit to himself, and so Let
who will have y® Benefit of y® Money y® Poor Officers lose
it. This it seems is one Thing that has rendered him a
very useful Instrument, to The Ministry, who want to
make as many Savings as possible to y® Crown, and as y®
Lords of the Treasury had referred all accepts of y® Sev'i
Governments Expences in y® Canada Expedition to y® Board
of Trade, so that Board put y™ all into y® Hand of Govr
Shirley, for him to make his observations upon. In this He
had been employed some Weeks before my arrival, and had
it not been by an Intrugue (I need not now Mention), That
N. York accounts were delayed, he had doubtless finished
all his Work, & The Lords of Trade would have made y'f
report accordingly, in a Manner fatal to us, but as he was
employed about N. York accounts. We had in Consequence
a Little Time to Speak for o'" selves, to return then to my
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Story, finding no objections to our last accPt o£ Bounty,
Billitting & Transports, I concluded, they had never been
given in. I repaired yTore to Dr Avery & prayed him, to
receive all Papers belonging to y® Colony in y® Hands of
Mr Palmers Execotrs. He consented, & appointed me a
Time with him to attend y‘ affr ye Execups. I did so,
but they refused to Deliver any of ye Colonys Papers,
Except y® Money Due from ye Colony to Mr Palmer was
first paid, or at Least Security given for ye Payment yrof,
weh they said was upwards of 220^. Sterling, & Dr Avery
refused to do it, not intending to accept ye Agency. What
concerned ye affr of my late regiment, they readily Delivered
me, but no arguments I could use could get one of the other.
I desired Liberty to Look among ye Papers, which yv
granted, and I found, The above mentioned Colony’s accP‘
of Transports &c. I urged for that one Paper it being
absolutely necessary to be immediately laid before the L^
of the Treasury, but to no purpose. I asked Dr Avery if I
should Desire That Favr of Mr Partridge, to give Seeurity
for the Money due from y® Colony. He said yes. next
morning I applied to Mr Partridge for That Purpose. He
consented yrto. So we went to y® Execups and he Gave
them a Promissory Note, for the Payment of y® Ballance
due from y® Colony. Thus having obtained those accounts.
The same with a Memorial signed by Dr Avery, was laid
before y® Lords of y® Treasury, w®^ they soon refered to
y® Board, and they to Mr Shirley for his observations. How
much will be obtained yrof is very uncertain, tho I think
part of it will be allowed, but they Intend to serve all y®
Colonys alike, with respect to those articles, and among
other things Mr Shirley tells them the Colonys never ex-
pected any reimbursement for Bounty Billetting or Trans-
ports, but were to do it as yir part of y® Burden in that Ex-
pedition. all Dispatch We prepared answers to Mr
Shirley’s objections to y® Colonys accounts, and also to y®
Pay of the regiment. The Board as yet, have not made up
yir report at least it is not given in to y® Lords of Treasury
Copys of w* relates to y® Colony affrs, Mr Partridge I sup-
ELISHA WILLIAMS.
375
pose will send to y® Gov, and Coppys of w‘ relate to y® regi-
ment, I purpose to enclose y®, if I can find Time to
prepare them. The Grand obstruction to our obtaining
Justice, Lies w‘’’ y® Ministry. Tho’ yy have had immense
Sums of Money, Yet t® Great Business they now mind, is
To Save Money to y Croton. M'' Sharp, who is Sollicitor
to the Treasury, Franckly said to Me, The King was bound
in Honr & Justice, to give us full pay, till Discharged by
his order, and had it been at any other Time not y® Lest
Scruple could have arisen in y® Case, but sais he it happens
at a Juncture when y® Ministry want to save Money, &c. I
had found M^ Kilby had a good Interest in Lord Halifax,
who is at y® Head of y® Board of Trade, & Lfi Duplin who
is a Chief Man, among them. I engaged his Friendship in
y® Case. I shewed him y® Coppy of my answer to M'' Shir-
ley’s Objections. Fie said it was too Long for y"i to attend
to it. I told Him I would prepare a Brief State of y® Case,
& put it into his Hand, to emprove w‘^ those Lords. I pre-
pared Duplicates, for yf purpose, w®h He put into y'’’ hands.
Ld Halifax he sais favours o'" Cause. On y® 9^^ Inst‘, I
learned from Him, That y® report w<i be drawn up probably,
for y® cutting off the officers (if not Soldiers), y® Last y’'®
pay, and that because they Joined w‘'’ y® Assembly in w‘
was done. For they view it in this Light (& I suppose from
w‘ Mr Shirley has said). That y® Colony ought to have
found y® regim‘s bread, and y® Assembly to ease y™.selves of
y‘ Burden contrived that Act & y® officers joined in with
y“ to get y® Soldiers Home, out of any Service, and yrfore
ought to be answered for their roguery. (Note, this was
yet a Secret not to be known till y® report sh<J be made). I
instantly repaired to Dr Avery, opened it to Him, & prayed
Him to wait on Mr Pelham the ChancelF of y® Exchequer,
& Desire, That if the Report from y® Board of Trade,
should be any Ways prejudicial to y® Regim^, That before
they should Lay y‘r Estimate before the House of Commons,
I might be Heard at y® Treasury Board He promised to
write to Mr Pelham y® next morning (it being then in y®
Night), and y‘ on Monday (w®*r was y® 12*^) He would see
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L<i Duplin. He has done both, & to furnish Him y® more
fully, I put in to his Hand my Brief State of y® Case before
mentioned, & Coppy of ye Letter I had sent to G“ Shirley on
y® 8*^^. He tells me, he supposes yy will draw up no opinion
upon ye Case, But report the Facts as I have stated them, &
Leave ye Matter to ye Lords of ye Treasury. But sais That
Ld Duplin, has an unhappy Notion of ye Matter, (agreeable
to what I have just hinted), and blames ye officers for
letting ye Soldiers go Home, and sais If Geni St Clair had
come / might have been tried for my Life^ for it. The D^
told Him That ye officers were so far from joining with ye
assembly in yt resolve &c. That they had prayed ye assem-
bly against it, (or y>r Com^e when yv were preparing ye
resolve as I had Informed them, and that it was Impossible
for me to do otherwise than I did, seeing ye King had put
no Money into my hand, or put it into my power to keep y“
together by providing y“ Bread, yet that did not signify.
He persisted in it. That I ought not to have Let y“ gone
Home, without ye Kings order, and might have lost
my Life for it. He farther pressed on y* Lord, The farther
Injustice y‘ would be done Those Persons, who pursuant to
ye Duke of N. Castles Letter to M^ Shirley & M^ Knowles,
& yir recommendation of ye Matter to o^ Gov'’ &c that y®
Soldiers might be paid &c and in Confidence of y® Publick
Faith, had advanced y® Pay for some officers & many of ye
Men, (as I had informed ye Dr). This Consideration y®
Dr said, impressed them, and seemed to be of weight with
Him.
But on the whole, y® Dr expects y‘r report will be drawn
up as I have above hinted. W®!’ L*! Duplin told Him would be
in lo days Time given in to y® Treasury Board, where I shall
insist upon being heard (if it be found needful), and if it be
there Determined to our prejudice, I will follow it to y®
House of Commons — where I doubt not of a Hearing, and
of having Friends not a few. But I have a hope, yr® will be
no occasion, For tho it be True, That y® Ministry can Carry
any Vote yy have a Mind to — yet yy are unwilling that any
thing of y>r doings, relating to y® Canada Affair should be
KUSHA WILLIAMS.
377
canvassed y^e, and would use all Means to prevent it, and y®
will give the Anti Court Party, both a notable occasion, to
harangue on y**" Breach of Publick Faith, & sacrificing y®
King’s Honr, and a handle for farther Enquiries, which
rather y*> be exposed to, I am in some Hope The Lords of
y® Treasury, will determine favourably for us, /. E.
Pelham, who is att y*'' Head and The all (as it were) in y®
administration, and if it must come into Parliament, We
should have some Chance, for Carrying y® Point. But
having wrote y® preceding on y® i5‘>’ on y® i6‘^ Inst, as
I was musing on y® Scituation of affrs. It occurred. That in
Case a report should go from y® Lords of Trade in o'" Preju-
dice and I should meet it, at y® Treasury Board w‘h any
thing farther, they might be displeased, that I had not said
all I could have said, at y® Board of Trade, or send me back
yre again, I thought I would draw up a 2^ Memorial, & get
it into y® Board of Trade, and if it did not answer my pur-
pose there, I trusted it would of Course go up to y® Treas-
ury Board, Where I might be heard on the whole if y^®
should be need, & in this Method M*" Kilby (with w™ I
advised confirming me, ) and perceiving, by w‘ I had learned
(as before hinted) where L<i Dupplins Difficulty lay, or
rather prejudice, and what might serve us to urge, I drew
up a 2<i Memorial accordingly (Coppy of which I enclose),
and repaired to Avery, y® 19‘h Instant, and laid y® Case
before Him, w®^ he approved of; I then desired Him to
Introduce Me y® next Day to L^ Dupplin. This I supposed
better y° to repair to L<i Fairfax, who is friendly to us, and
tho at y® Head of y® Board, yet Dupplin is y® principal
y®, and whose prejudices against us I wanted to remove.
The Dr said it was difficult for Him to leave some affrs ye
next Day but to serve me He would. We waited on that
Lord Yesterday. He read y® Memorial, when he had done,
said, These things are to the purpose, I said some things,
farther to clear us from any Charge of Blame, for I found
my self under no manner of Difficulty (Tho it be not what
we are used to, in N England to talk before Lords). He
did not care to hear a Word said in behalf of y® Colonys
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passing that resolve, under a Notion of saving some Ex-
pence to ye Crown, and was possessed wti’ ye belief that
•they did it only to save it to themselves, and how much M""
Shirley has done to perswade them into a Belief of it, and
that the assembly would never have thought of asking pay
for billetting if Mr Partridge had not gott it for Rhoad Island
I must leave. Tho (by ye Way) in ye making up of accounts
they will certainly make y* draw back upon them, as Mr
Partridge Expects, and he looks upon y‘ resolve of or
assembly a most unjustifiable Thing. I could not forbear
asking Leave of his Lordship to say a Word in Defence of
my Country. I assured him of y'r Loyalty and readiness
always to do what his Majesty had recommended to Them,
That with all Cheerfulness yy had prepared Transports &
Provisions for y'r Troops, and had billetted the Soldiers till
ye Season required y>r going into Winter Quarters, That re-
ceiving no farther Directions from his Majesty, y" what was
in ye Dukes Letter of 9th of April, & finding no express
Desire to Billett the regiment there, weh If y^e had been, I
doubted not they would have complied with it, they really
thought, they were serving his Majesty, when they con-
trived y® Matter so, as that y® Expence of their billetting
was saved (as they supposed) to his Majesty, and yet the
Soldiers kept in as good a Condition for y® Kings Service,
as if yy had billetted them, and were really in as good a
Readiness for his Service as any other of The Forces
raised for y‘ purpose, and that yTore If they were mis-
taken, yet the resolve being well meant, I hoped his Lord-
ship would not blame them, and that w*!’ regard to the
regiment, I beleived his Lordship too just, to construe it
to y'r Prejudice when y® officers had earnestly sollicited
against it, and that in Consequence of y‘ resolve they could
not possibly do otherwise than they Did, &c &c. When the
talk was over. Instead of giving me the Memorial in order
to my Laying it before y® Board as I expected, He put it
into his Pocket & said, ( w®i’ I took for a favourable omen )
He would lay it before the Board, and tho they had drawn
up a report upon y® Facts as I had stated them in my
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379
former Memorial, & as he said Gov*' Shirley had, Yet they
could annex this to it, and directed me to attend the Board
at 12 Clock this Day. I did so. He happened to see me
as he was going up into y® Chamber where they sit, and
called me to Him and directed a Waiter, to Lead me into
an opposite room, where after I had waited some Time, He
came to me and told me he had laid it before y® Board, and
they would annex it to y^r report, (as he had intimated yes-
terday) thus I have brought my Story down to y® Present
Time, and shall not be able to tell you any more till y® next
Conveyance. Kilby thinks y® affair Lyes as well now as
we could Expect, since Shirley has done as he has, and no
Body out of Doors perhaps can judge upon it better than
he. L<i Dupplin said yesterday, they intended to make y'*
report to y® Treasury next Tuesday, after w®>* I shall know
farther, and acquaint you w*!* w‘ occurs as I shall have Op-
portunity. You may be sure I shall rejoyce to get well thro
such a Difficult perplexed affair, which I evidently see would
have had a Determination very unhappy to some. If I had
not come hither, and after all possible Effort, may yet for
ought I know, be somewhat so. This is my Consolation, —
That God Governs, to whom I would always repair, & with
whom I would leave it, whilst I am doing all I can. I have
not Time to write particularly to Col. Pitkin to whom w***
yr self I send Hearty Regards, and must y^fore desire you
to communicate this, with y® other Papers to Him, and to
my Son,
Who am S*' Your and his
Faithful Friend
and humble Serv*
E: WILLIAMS.
Cob Trumble &c.
[Indorsed] Col° Williams’s Letter N® 3. Feb. 1749/50.
General State.
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BENJAMIN AVERY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Sir
I hope My Letter of the last Month by Capt“ Trail came
safe to your Honours Hands, by y® way of Boston. I there-
in gave you my Reasons for not accepting of the Office with
which the Colony has honoured me ; & told you that I would
so far act under the Powers you had Sent me, as to receive
the 28,863'i-i9S-id due to y® Colony on the Louisburg Ac-
count ; & when I had it, I would pay L‘ Coll® Talcot 400"
according to your order; & keep the rest in the Bank of
England, till I received your Draughts for it. As the
Money is not paid; tho’ I am encouraged to expect it very
Soon: Nor indeed has there been any alteration in the
affairs of the Colony depending here Since my last ; except
that Coll® Williams has met with some unexpected, as well
as undeserv’d. Difficulties in the Business of his Regiment;
which I wish We may be able to assist him in Surmounting.
So that I should hardly so soon have troubled your Honor
afresh, had not Coll® W“® L‘ Coll® Talcot & M^ Whiting &
othe'rs represented to me the necessity of Speed in giving
your Honour my Sentiments about a Person proper to be
employd as your Agent here. When I recommended our
deceased Friend Mr Palmer, I did it because I knew he was
a Person proper to be intrusted with the Care of the Relig-
ious as well as civil. Concerns of y® Colony: & likely to
promote & cultivate an amicable Correspondence between
y® Inhabitants of Connecticutt & y® Protestant Dissenters
in London ; which I apprehended would be to their mutual
Advantage. The same Consideration, I imagine, directed
your Thoughts to me, on Mr Palmers Death, and as I
think this a reasonable Measure, for both for you there & us
here. Still to keep in our Eye & pursue, I was not willing to
suggest any Thing to you in my last relating to the Person
most proper to be employ’d by you as your Agent; because
then I had not had any Opportunity of consulting my
Friends about this Matter, which appears to me of some
Importance. We have since that, had a Meeting of the
Committee of the Deputies who take care of y® Civil affairs
BENJAMIN AVERY. JOSIAH WILLARD. 381
of the Dissenters, & I mention’d this Matter to them ; Who
seem’d unanimously of Opinion, that Samuel Storke
Merchant, would be a proper Person to be imployd in
Solliciting the Several Affairs which the Colony of Connec-
ticutt now has, or soon may have depending here in
England.
We regard this Gentleman as a Steady Dissenter, a
Dissenter upon Principle; His Father was & was long
engag’d in the New England Trade; & we imagine left
this his Son a good Fortune ; which he has, doubtless, since
had opportunities 0’considera[bly] to improve. He is well
known in the Massachusetts; & I am told not wholly un-
known in Connecticutt.
Your Honour will, I flatter my self, excuse my giving
you these Hints; which proceed from no private Selfish
Views, or any particular Connexion which I have with
M*' Storke or any partial attachment to him; but meerly
from my Regard to the Interest of the Colony, & my Con-
cern for the Support & Encouragement of the Cause of
Religious as well as Civil Liberty.
I am, with great Respect
your Honour’s
most Obedient faithfull
humble Serv‘
BENJ: AVERY
Guy’s Hospital 8 March 1749
[Indorsed] Doer Avery 1749
JOSIAH WILLARD TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston March lo. 1749
Sir,
I am directed by the Lieutenant Governor and Council
of this Province, to inform your Honour, That one Jonathan
Briant stands indicted at the Court of Assize now held at
Boston, for concealing 95 Counterfeit Bills, made in imita-
tion of the true Bills of Credit emitted by the Colony of
Connecticut in 1746, of the Denomination of three Pounds
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ten shillings, with an Intent to utter the same, as also for
uttering several of the like Counterfeit Bills ; and his Trial
is to come on the first Tuesday in April next: And in order
to his Conviction it is apprehended necessary, that a Copy
of the Act of your Colony for emitting those Bills (duly
certified) should be had upon the Trial, and that two of the
Signers of the true Bills be also present there ; the Signers
are Messrs Stanly, Willis & Buckingham, And therefore I
must earnestly intreat your Honour, that you would give
effectual Orders, that the said Signers attend the Trial, and
that a Copy of the Act be sent accordingly.
I am with due Respect Sir,
Your Honours most Obedient
Humble Servant
J WILLARD
The Honbie Jonathan Law Esq""
[Indorsed] Secry Willards March 10 1749-50 relating
to Bryant’s being indicted ab* Counterfeit Bills
ROGER WOLCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford March 10 1750
This Comes upon the Motion of Maj^' Lyman who
Expresseth himself much Concerned at the report of the
Comittee Given in to the Assembly at Boston and by them
Excepted that it is Necessary to them to aply to the
Throne for a Confirmation of the line already run between
the Province and this Collony if not already Confirmed. It
is Grievous to the Major that after they have tasted the
Clusters of Canaan to fall into an Amush and be chased back
again I have Discoursed with some Gentlemen here who are
of opinion that this step taken by the Masachusetts Gives a
Just suspicion that their Apointing Comrs -^^as but for an
Amusement and that it is best to prevent a surprize
it is therefore submitted to your Hour if it be not best
to send the papers here with Enclosed with the act of the
Massachusetts Apointing Comrs to the Agent with Instruc-
tions to him to prevent a surprize on this head or that you
ROGER WOI.COTT. — RICHARD PARTRIDGE.
3«3
will in some other way as you shall think best I am
Your Hon'"'’
Most humble servant
ROGER WOLCOTT
To the Honat>‘e Jonathan Law
[Superscribed] To The Hon^’^'e Jonathan Law Esq*" In
Milford
[Indorsed] D Govr Wolcott March lo 1749
RICHARD PARTRIDGE TO JONATHAN LAW. '
London mo or INIarch 26^^ 1750
Gov*^ Lmv
I wrote thee of the i6‘h Ult. via Boston relating to the
Affairs of Connecticutt to which I refer.
And now this may further advise thee, That the Board
of Trade before whom the Sev* Colonys Acco‘® of the Expence
incurred in the Canada Expedition which have been long
depends have made their Report to the Lords of the
Treasury after they had made very large abatem‘s therein
notwithstanding all the Strug’ling & Endeavours used to the
Contrary, & not Long since the Sums as they had fixed
them were carried into the House of Coinons where they were
agreed to accordingly; a Copy whereof I have obtained and
send thee inclosed, whereby thou wilt see what the Sums
are which are allowed for yo^ Colony, (viz*) for Arms &
Cloathing ^5045.19.10)4 & for the Pay of the Officers &
Soldiers of Col° Williams^ Regiment >^5291. 15.3 & also
^6594.3.1)^ besides the Money allowed for the Pilots
Wages; making in the whole together ^17191.15.8)4 &
no more: The Lords who had the liquidating & adjusting
the Acco‘s seemed to be bent upon Savings to the Crown &
to be almost Deaf to intreatys to the Contrary wherein Col°
Williams has laboured indefatigably : whether there will be
any probability of Success, in the next Sessions of Parliam^
or not (if we should Essay for any further augmentations)
is uncertain though it may possibly become our Considera-
tion in the mean time.
I am with Respects,
Thy assured Friend.
RICHD PARTRIDGE.
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2^ tno. y® 3d 1750.
The foregoing is duplicate of my last via Rh^ Island
to which I refer. The money to be granted by the Legis-
lature here for y® Canada Exped“ Expence I suppose will
be ready to be paid in a little time after y® Parliam* rises
w®h will be about y® 12 Inst, that is to those who are duly
authorised to receive it. I was yesterday at the Treasury
& was informed that a Warrant for Averys receiving y®
^28863.19. id Sfr y® Cape Breton money wd be ready by
tomorrow, but I hear he was to set out for the Bath as
yesterday so it must be deferr’d till his return.
I am as before R® PARTRIDGE.
[Superscribed] To Jonathan Law Esq^ Governour of the
Colony of Connecticutt Milford Per Cap* Spendar
via Boston.
[Indorsed] Mr Partridge Letter of the 3d Day of April,
1750 Reed 5th of June.
[A duplicate (Agents Letters, 34) of the first section of
this letter, sent Cap* Scarr via Rhode Island” and
“reed June 22” has the following additions.]
I send thee herewith Some of our prints of w®ii I desire
thy acceptance. Col® Williams well
please to forwd my letter to Col® Allyn at Windsor
NATHANIEL STANLY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford March the 26^^ 1750.
Honour^^^ S’'
I Reed Yours of the 2 2d of Instant March on Saturday
last and I Immediately acquainted Mr Buckingham and
Capt Wyllys with it who both Say that they Cannot Possible
go to Boston att this time to be Present at the Triall of
Jonathan Bryant for Counterfiting Bills of Credit of this
Coloney Mr Buckingham tels, me he is not well Enough to
Ride so far and Capt. Wyllys Saith the County Court is so
near that he Cannot go from home to leave that and his
other Buisness is So pressing that he. Shall be a great
Looser if he leaves it and it is very Dificult for me to be
absent from home So long So that we all desire to be by
NATIl VNII'.L STANI.V. — JONA THAN I.AW. 385
Your Ilonou'' Excused from Such a Journey, Capt. Wyllys
Declines Sending a Coppy of the Act of the Assembly with-
out Some of the Comitte could go Unless he be Directed by
Your Honour So to do, we thought it best to Send this
Express to Your Honour, for your Direction wheither a
Coppy of the Actt of the Assembly Refered to be Sent to
Boston by Some Other hand than the Comitte and who it
Shall be Directed to if Sent.
I am S'" Your Honours Most Obediant
Humble Serv‘
NATHi'i^ STANLY.
To the Honour^ie Jonathan Law Esq^
[Indorsed] Coll' Stanly’s March 26"! rectJ 27"’ 1750
JONATHAN LAW TO STANLY, WYLLYS AND BUCKINGHAM.
New Haven March 27"' 1750.
Ser
Yours of the 26 of Instant I Recev’d & am Sory Its so
difficult with you to Comply with what they think necessary
for the Tryal. and that we nevor thought it neadful to put
them to the like trouble. In order to Convict of Counterfeit-
ing the Bills of their or other Colonies, yet since they Do,
and will acquit any guilety by person for want of Such Evi-
dence (of which as I remember) we had one Instance for-
mely) its great Pitty this should terminate to theirs any
neglect of Ours, but if it be imposseble (which I hope you
will Reconsider) to Comply with it, you will Do What you
can, you will send a Copy of the acts in 1740 in May and
October under our Seal and one of the true Bills Which you
signd with your Oaths, that you never Signd any other
twenty Shilling Bills New tenor except Such as that appear-
ing to Come of the same Plats, or Sum Such Evidence
wherby they may have a Certain Patern to Compare that
with Which they Suppose to be Counterfeit.
from your humble servant
J LAW
Mess*'® Stanly Willis & Buckingham.^
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Coll Stanly March 27 1750
♦Nathaniel Stanly, George Wyllys and Joseph Buckingham were members
of the committees appointed to sign the Colony’s bills, and their autographs appear
on bills issued in 1740 and 1744 now in possession of this Society.
26
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LAW PAPERS.
GEORGE WHITEFIELD TO ELISHA WILLIAMS.
March 31st 1730
Very i>>
I came last night to Town, & tho’ very weary cannot
help informing You of it. When shall I have the pleasure
of seeing You, & introducing You to any of my Friends?
It w^ be esteem’d a great priviledge could I in the least
degree serve New England. Our Gracious Emanuel hath
much blessed me in the West. I have now only time to
assure You how sincerely I subscribe myself, very Dr
Your most affec: & very ready
Ser'^f for Xt’s Sake
GEORGE WHITEFIELD
At Tabernacle house near Moorfields
When You see General Pepperel be pleased to present
my most dutyful respects
[Superscribed] To Colonel Williams at Thomson’s in
Willbank street in London
DUKE OF BEDFORD TO JONATHAN LAW.
Whitehall 14*'’ April 1750.
Sir,
The King having given His Royal Assent the last Ses-
sions of Parliament to an Act, Entituled, “An Act to
encourage the Importation of Pig and Bar Iron from His
Majesty’s Colonies in America, and to prevent the Erection
of any Mill, or other Engine for slitting or rolling of Iron,
or any Plateing Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, or any
Furnace for making Steel in any of the said Colonies,”
which Act is to take Place the 24th of June next, and His
Majesty’s Governors in North America having particular
Instructions given them therein, I have the King’s Com-
mands to transmit it to you, to the End that you may have
the same duly published and observed throughout your
Government.
I am. Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant.
BEDFORD
KI.ISHA Wll.I.IAMS.
387
RICHARD PARTRIDGK.
Govr of Connecticut.
[Indorsed] D of Bedfords of 14^*’ of April 1750 rec<i Aug»‘
i7‘h respecting Engines for plating Iron or Making
Steele.
RICHARD PARTRIDGE TO JONATHAN LAW.
London 3*^ mo: or May the ii'h 1750.
Gov'' Lazv
I wrote thee last of the 26“’ ist mo: & the 3“^ 2^ mo: to
which I refer, The Parliament broke up the 12‘h ult. &
about 4 days after that the King set out for Hannover
where he is safe arived, leaving the Affairs of the King-
dom here to Lords Justices as usual, his Speech thou wilt
find in the Gentlemans Magazine herewith sent, the Acts
passed this Sessions relating to the Plantations are the Iron
Act & one for encouraging the growth & Ctilture of Raw
Silk both which I also send thee.
I dont hear Avery is come from Bath yet but is soon
expected. The Treasury have not yet begun to pay any of
the Canada Expedition Expence, but we are duly attending
about it.
for further News be pleased to be referrd to the Prints
herewith sent of which I desire thy acceptance, from
Thy assured Friend
17th Do RICHD PARTRIDGE
Dr Avery is come to Town from Bath
[Superscribed] To Jonathan Law Governour of Con-
necticutt Per Cap‘ Evers
[Indorsed] Mr Partridges May ii & 17 1750 rec^ i6th of 7>’r
ELISHA WILLIAMS LETTER.
Westminster, Welbeck Street May 1750
Gentlemen
My Packet by the Friendship Capt" Sear Via New-
port of the of March, with the Goods on or Joint
Acco‘s I hope have safely reached you, and another since
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Via Boston per Capt“ Spender. Having agreed on a Part-
nership in Trade and Settled a Correspondence M*"
Sparrow, (w^h I trust is agreeable to you), and as We are
all of y® Mind, that it is best to make our returns as much
as may be in what our own Country will produce, my
Thoughts have run a little farther on y® Subject. Tho I
hope not beyond what you will approve of. That it is best
qlso to have o^ Merchandize carried in a Bottom of our own,
& not have a double freight to pay, as We must while We
are forced to send to Boston, or &c. first, & wt^all to make
o*^ Correspondents Interest Joint w*!' our own, as to making
returns from our own Country. I have yTore thought it
would be best to be concerned w*h Him in owning a Vessel,
that shall sail between this Place & N England, and what-
ever may hereafter be done by us in building in N England
for such a purpose it is not now to be done. And He has
now the principal Concern in a Snow of an loo Tons
Burthen (British built), wch I suppose is suitable for our
Purpose. The Price of it is something under 600 Strling,
as he has lately purchased ^ of it, and presuming it will
not be disagreeable to you, will take one half of it for us
Jointly for y® Sum of 283 172. She is now on her Voyage
to Seville Laden w* Wheat & Bale Goods, and Expected
Back y® latter End of June or beginning of July, and on her
return, I propose to put on Board y® Same, the Main of w^
I shall have to take Care of for the regiment, and get the
rest of her Lading for N England on Freight, and go Home
my self in her y® latter End of Jul}^ or beginning of Aug‘
unless you Insist on my staying to Petition the Parliament,
for y® residue of o’" Pay. Tho’ I would fain hope, that if 0''
Friends here shall think it worth while to Petition, that I
might return, & leave it with them to pursue it. For I sin-
cerely wish to be at H< me, and never more to have any
concern with such, as either know not, or care not, for the
Publick Good, or doing common Justice to Particulars, and
really deserve not so good a Character as that of Deists,
but to return, M^ Sparrow is willing to be concerned with
us in y® Vessel and as he is a hearty Friend to N England, &
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gladly promote its trading Interest, I am willing to make
an Essay, and tell Him I believe you will be of y® same
opinion, as his Concern will be to get her Loaded here,
and make y® best of what We shall send in her, so it will be
ours to Load her in N England, Either directly for y»
place, Ireland, or some other Port ’& so here. With this
View yfore I tell Him 1 shall now acquaint you w‘h the
Proposal, and that you may have Time for preparing her
Lading for this Port if it may be. I enclose an account of
particulars more or less of w®'’ may be w‘*’in y^ Reach, to
procure, together with the Prices, they may be expected to
sell at, here, that you may govern y selves, as you shall
Judge best. The Article of Tobacco, I Imagine w^ turn to
account. If the whole Charge upon it to its being shipped,
should be 12® per lb. (tho I suppose it will not cost that) if
it will Clear us 2^ per lb. (as probably it will more,) it will
do. I have endeavoured to Inform my self from an Honest
Tobacco Trader, & am satisfied, that such Tobacco as We
call Good, will answer as above, as well as the Virginia. It
must be of a good Colour, & pressed in a suitable Temper,
not too moist, so as that it does not come out Black, (as
what we send to the West Indies does.) Care must be
taken in y® buying & packing of it, which must be done
under your own Eyes, or by one whom you can Trust of
Sterling Honesty. The Merchant tells me. He chooses it
should not be tied up in Hands, but laid in single
Leaves, & if it be bought tied up in hands, as our People
are wont to do it. It is best to open the hands, and so let the
Tobacco be put into the Cask in handfuls untied up, and by
that Means the Packer may separate all that is bad. It is
easy at first, to get our Wares a good repute. Care & Hon-
esty will do it, but the Want y^of prevents or Destroys y®
Same, as has been y® Case with our Tarr & Turpentine. If
30 or 40 thousand w‘ of such as I have described, should be
procured, I hope it would be better for us than purchasing
Bills of Exchange.
Wt such Staves as Described in y® List w<^ Cost I know
not, but as some Staves are always useful for filling up, &c.
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in a Ship’s Lading, I should think it worth while, to get
some such at Least. If they are faithfully got as described,
they will fetch more y“ y® Price Mentioned, as will y® ash
oar Rafters. If y® Main of y® residue of y® Lading be made
up of Rice or Logwood, to be procured at any other than
our own Markets, you will have Time I suppose to Inform
yr selves about it, and secure y® same, if you Judge such
articles will do. or if Rice can be purchased at Carolina w‘^
what you can Command in N England you will Judge
whether, it may be best to send a Vessel thither on such
a Dedgn, to bring it to you for lading ys Vessel, or to send
her there on a previous Certainty of such a Lading, & so
sail from thence for ys Port. I wish o*" Friends at Middle-
ton (wti’ w™ Col. Pitkin as well as my self have been con-
cerned) would make a Ton of Potash as good as they can,
that it may be proved here. (Bristol w^® y® former small
Quantity was sent, was y® wrong Place for y® Purpose) for
if it be good I have no doubt by w* I can learn, but that the
Duty of what shall be made in the Plantations may be got
off the next Parliament, which would surely prove of Future
Benefit. If you cant make a Loading for this Port so as
you shall Judge to be saving to us, you will then Think of
procuring flax seed for Ireland (in w®^ M^ Cooke I believe
could be serviceable) or Fish for y® Streights, or Wheat for
Lisbon, or Loading the Vessel for y® West Indies, & so
hither.
I know not but you may fault my Conduct in doing
this, without y^ particular Direction, but the Consideration
of carrying on a Trade here, and if Possible w‘h w‘ we can
Command in N England sent either directly here, or first
Exchanged at some other Port, The advantage I supposed
must accrue to us (or at least probably so) from our Cor-
respondent being Joint owner w**’ us in y® Vessel, so much
Money going out for freight if o'" Goods go in another Bot-
tom, y® saving some Charge, if I go Home in y® same
Vessel as I would willingly do, made me think on the whole
it was best not to let y® opportunity slip, of taking Part of
y® Vessel after M® Sparrow had bought it, tho when He
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391
bought, we neither of us had any thought of y® matter, and
had he not Judged it a pennyworth, you may conclude he
w<i not have purchased it. The Master of it, he esteems an
honest sober Man from y® Experience he has had of him
and unless I receive Counter orders from you, shall Endeav^
to put in Execution w‘ I have proposed, & so shall hope to
see you (God willing in Septemb''
I must desire Col. Trumble to Inform Col. Huntington
or y® Widow Smith who gave me a Power of attorney. That
she is entered in y® War office & is entituld so long as she
remains a Widow, to 16^ Sterling per aii. and y‘ they
always keep back 4 Months Pay in y® office. The Time of
y® Entry on y® Books is Decemb’’ 25‘h 1748. y® Date of her
Evidence to her Being Ensign Smiths Widow is Octob''
1749, so that the Pay of but 8 Months could be received for
her. y® Charges & Fees I have paid Set ^3.4 so that I
have in my Hand for her ^7.9. w®*’ I purpose to lay out for
her as well as I can, & carry over wt^^ me. In y® Mean-
Time, she must send over (as before) Evidences of her
being Living & s^ Smiths Widow, and a Power of attorney
to some other Person that may from Time to Time receive
for her, (& I would advise to M^ Sam" Sparrow) and such
Evidence should be sent every 4 Months, or she is in Dan-
ger of suffering Loss finally, as to y® aff*" of Spencer, I
can now only farther Inform Col. Pitkin, That I have had
y® Books &c. searched in y® Diocese of Winchester, wt"in
w®" Charles Spencer Died, and no Will nor administration
given to any one, on his Estate is to be found y^e. The
occasion of my sending there, being y® Entry found in M.
Reynolds’s Book who received the Money here & paid it
out, (Now Dead, as I wrote before) “That Charles Spencer
of y® Centurion, made a Will to one Richard Knapp at
Havant near Portsmouth,” That being y® proper office at
Winchester, for y® Probate of y® Will. I yffore got it done,
& had y® return last Week as I have said, but as it is possi-
ble it may be registered in Doctors Commons, I shall
w‘"out delay, search yt office, and if I find nothing there w®"
I suspect is y® Case, I hope something may be got.
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I wish I could tell you I had received y® Money for the
regiment, my memorial for y‘ Purpose Lies before y®
of y® Treasury, as do also Memorials for y® Pay of y® other
Colonys & yir forces, of the Money granted at y® same
Time. We Live in hope of getting an Order for it, in a
Little Time, but from w‘ Fund yy will order the pay We
know not; & so as yet, are at all Uncertainties when We
shall receive it. I have enclosed the Rolls of Sev^ of the
Companys (the DeserU® Excepted) wti^ y® Number of Days
they are to have pay for, Se‘ from the Time of their Enlist-
ment to y® 3i‘ of Octob^' following, and half of the remain-
ing time to yir Discharge or Death, the allowance is i®/
for a Serjt 8<i for a Corporal & Drummer & 6<i per Diem for
a Private Man. From w®*’ a Deduction must be made of
12^ on y® pound for Poundage, one Days Pay in y® Year for
Chelsea Hospital, & 2^ per pound, for agency w®^ on the
whole will make Nearest y® deduction of a half penny on
Every Eight pence, but as y^s is & will be more Neeessary
Charge upon it before We can get the Money, and how
much that will be is Impossible for me to tell, until I shall
have got the Money. yTore I eould not make up a Pay
roll Exactly, but suppose that a Deduction of one Penny on
the shilling, may answer for y® whole of all stoppages at y®
Pay office, & other Charges above mentioned, and then
there must be y® Deduction from such Mens particular
Accts as have retained y'^' Arms, viz. for a Cartridge Box,
is jo<i 2, for a Cutlas 5s, for a Gun, ^1.5.0. Sterling w®'’ is
y® rate of Exch: yv have set them, viz. 8 for one, and then
the remainder will be the Soldiers Due, Sterling, but then
at what rate you will pay them is beyond me to say. I
understand the Kings soldiers, at Louisbourg & now at
Chebucta, are paid a Dollar, (w®'’ at y® height goes not
beyond 4/6 in Value) for five shillings sterling, or in other
Words, there is 2®/ in y® Pound, deducted for answering
the Charge of getting it there, and if that be Just, We
surely may conclude. That if over & above y® penny on y®
shilling before mentioned, (together w*h ye before men-
tioned sums f® arms where they have been wt^^held), 2®/ in
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393
ye pound be deducted, for all other Necessary Charges
Insurance of y® Money over freight &. (w®*’ is agreeable to
y® Kings pay at Jebucto,) wont be thought unreasonable,
and then y® remainder, I am willing to pay them according,
to y® hlxchange ; (w®*i w‘ it is whether 9 or 10 for one I
know not.) In w®h Case y'^ Pay (I mean as to Time for w®h
yy are paid) will be better than y® best of the Massachusetts
was. I would give no occasion of offence, but do Justice as
Near & as Well as I could, and am ready to Think, such as
above proposed y® Men will be Content withal. Especially
if you advance the pay for them Even before we receive
the Money here. But as I doubt Not you will aim at doing
what is right & Just, so I Leave it w‘^ you to do the best
you can. If Col. Talcot & Capt" Church who expect to pay
their Men who have not sold, should be of y® opinion w‘h
you (as I have proposed) it will facilitate y® affair, but if
Either of them, (for any reasons) should make better pay
to yir Men, it may give uneasiness to others, so that you
will doubtless think proper to Confer with them on y® sub-
ject. I would farther propose your sending to y® Capt"® of
the Companys whose Men you will pay, to Inform you of
any Demands they may have on those Soldiers, for any
thing they have supplied them withall, or advanced to them
as pay for Wages, that so you may do such officer Justice in
stopping it from y® Soldiers Wages (w‘^ his Consent) for
such officer. Such a Method I think must be unexceptiona-
ble, and a desire also that the Capt”® w^ Inform you y®
Names of the Individuals, who have w‘*’held their Arms or
any pt of them. I have an Account under the Maj^s Hand
as to his Company. Coppy of w®’’ I could give you, if he
Cant supply it. as for Capt° Halls you want none from
Him, for none of y‘ Company delivered up any. as to
Capt" Starr’s whose Brother I suppose may have paid off
some Sold®* I would act as tenderly towards as may be, and
hope it may be best to Let Him have the Paying of such as
shall not have sold y'r Wages, before the Pay be received &
Carried over, w®'’ probably may Leave not many. Let me
Mention one Thing more, & so shall put a Period to this
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Long Letter, & yt is, that you take a receipt from Every
one you pay of in full of his Wages of what is already
Granted by Parliament. Perhaps you will think best to
keep a Book for y‘ Purpose, & keep Each Companys receipts
by y“selves, for I know not, but I shall be Liable to report
for all, to Exhibit receipts as my Vouchers, for y® Pay of y‘
Money, &c.
I flattered my self you see in y® beginning of my Letter
wth my getting Home in Septembr but it was on supposition
of getting y® Money before, w®*’ I hope for, but as I finished
y® last Paragraph, Avery came to see me who is just
come home from Bath, w^e he had been w*h his Lady ab‘ 6
Weeks. He came now from M^ Pelhams, w^e he had been
to see after y® Louisbourg Money, an order for the Payment
of w®!! y® King had signed, some time ago, but he can get
none yet. Some of the Kings Ships are lately arrived from
y® East Indies, who press hard for y'*' Pay w®*’ is made a
handle off, for Delay. Shifts of Various Kinds for Delay I
expect, y® D® tells me He had y^® Information, That the
Govern® of Jamaica, & assembly y®® have Exhibited a
Grievous Complaint ag* y® Plantations, but Especially
against Connecticut, for an Illicit Trade yy carry on w*h the
French, to y® great Damage of y® English Islands. The
best News I can now tell you is. That M® Shirley begins to
sink in y® Esteem of y® Ministry, LE. to speak as near the
Thing as one may. He has done a dirty Job for them, & so
served y'® purpose, and now yy find twill not prove an Easy
Matter to keep up his reputation, yy will let Him sink,
whether they thought before he was a Man of Probity, I
leave, but the Prime Minister has now said (/.A. M®
Pelham,) That he is not a Man of Probity. Col. Waldo’s
aff®s Him y* made so much Noise in N England, are now
about to open, and Waldo, who is Indefatigable in his pur-
suit & fixed on his ruin, Sais to Me He shall surely do his
Business, & Contribute not a Little He Thinks in helping
us to our Money which they have cutt off. If we will Peti-
tion the Parliament for it. how that may be. Time will
Discover, but as I mention*! in my Last, to you, o® assem-
KLISHA WIU.IAMS.
395
bly’s petitioning the Parliament in behalf of y® regiment, &
declaring in y*'" favr, respect to y'*" Act w‘^'’ has hurt us,
w^’ have great weight, so I cant but speak it again. That I
wish it might be done, tho perhaps ys may reach you w" it
is too late y® Session if it be not done, as for y getting
Coppys from y® Massachusetts records of y'^ putting an End
to y® Pay for billetting y*'' Sold^s ^ych i mentioned in my
last, y Labour in y‘ respect may be saved, Jer. Allen
having brought over all y® Printed Votes of y*'' assembly, &
Shirleys speeches, for many years together, on purpose to
lay open (as he thinks) some scenes of his Iniquity, w®’’ at
least may serve my purpose, in yt particular. I wish to
hear something from you, that may be refreshing, and
Conclude this w‘h my Compliments to you & y® Ladies, &
other Good Friends,
Who are y*' Faithful Friend &c.
E. WILLIAMS.
Please to give Hearty Love to my Brother & his.
ELISHA WILLIAMS TO WILLIAM WILLIAMS.*
London Welbeck Street May 26^^ 1750
Dear Brother
I wish I had any agreeable News to tell You besides
that of my being in Health (thro’ Divine Goodness) — The
Parliament tis true has made a Grant of Pay (cutting off
from my regiment y® half of y® last Year agreable to y®
report made by y® Lords of y® Treasury — and would have
granted y® Whole as freely — had the report been So made.)
When I shall get y® Money, or M^ Bethel for Col. Durgee
(for both will I Suppose be obtained at y® Same Time) I
know Not, but Live in hope to get it So as that I may
return (God Willing) in y® Fall. I have y® Excellent S — y
to thank for this Injustice — and had I not come y® whole
last Year I doubt not had been cut off. He has done a dirty
♦Elisha Williams had two brothers, William of Pittsfield, Mass., and Sol-
omon of Lebanon, Conn. This letter was evidently written to the one who was
a resident of Massachusetts.
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Job for a Ministry — whose least concern I believe is that of
Doing Justice, but tis more than probable They will Let
Him Sink ere Long under the Weight of his own Crimes.
I Leave Him — ^and Know my Present Work is Patience
because it must be So— So long as I am dependent on y®
Pleasure of such a M — y — but a better phaps is not to be
looked for till The Nation, Sunk in Wickedness, Shall be-
come better, what you have Sent Bollan over I cant
conceive (Indeed tis not my Business) I cant Learn he has
done any thing as Yet or that he has any Special Interest.
If you have a Seat in y^ House of Commons, I heartily
Wish if y^® be an opportunity for it That you w<^ Endeav^
The People at Newbury who have once & again been denied
May be relieved and not Suffer yf Cause to come here as I
percieve it will if yy are not relieved, tis pitty y® Naked-
ness of or Country should be Exposed, and any handle
given to those here who Love us is Not to do us hurt which
will doubtless be y® Event If it be not Timely prevented.
I add not, but Duty, & Love as Due
and that I am yr
Affectionate B^
E: WILLIAMS.
ABIEL WALLEY TO JOSEPH PITKIN.
Boston May 29th 1750
Yesterday arrived a Ship from London, by whom I had
a Packet, in which came the Inclos’d from Coll® Williams
He desires me to forward, I now Send them by M^ Porter
of Windsor, desiring your Conveying them as directed
Yr Humble Serv‘
ABIEL WALLEY
Coll® Joseph Pitkin
THOMAS HIM,.
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THOMAS HILL TO GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF
CONNECTICUT.
Duplicate.
Whitehall, May 29‘h 1750.
Gentlemen ;
Three Acts having been passed in the last Session of
Parliament, wherein the British Plantations are concern’d
viz‘
An Act for extending and improving the Trade to
Africa ;
An Act for encouraging the Growth and Culture of
Raw Silk in His Majesty’s Colonies or Plantations in
America ;
An Act to encourage the Importation of Pig & Bar
Iron from His Majesty’s Colonies in America; and to pre-
vent the Erection of any Mill or other Engine for Slitting
or Rolling of Iron; or any Plateing Forge to work with a
Tilt Hammer; or any Furnace for making Steel in any of
the said Colonies.
I am directed by my Lords Commissioners for Trade &
Plantations to send you the inclosed Printed Copies* of
them for your Information and Government in the several
matters therein contain’d
I am. Gentlemen,
Your most Obed‘ humble Serv‘
THQS HILL
P. S. As to the last mentioned Act, to encourage the
Importation of Pig and Bar Iron, I am further directed to
recommend to you a punctual Compliance therewith, and
in particular that you do immediately transmit to their
* Copies of the three acts here mentioned, separately issued and each bearing
an endorsement in Governor Law’s handwriting, and presumed to be the identical
copies sent by Secretary Hill to the Colony of Connecticut are in the library of
this Society. Each was printed in London in 1750. As this “ duplicate ” letter
was not received until after Governor Law’s death these printed acts evidently-
accompanied the first copy of the letter, which was received in time to lay the acts
before the October session of the General Assembly by which they were ordered
to be reprinted. A copy of the reprint issued, with a single title page, at New
London by Timothy Green in 1751, in an edition of 200 copies, is also in the Society’s
library.
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Lordships Certificates under your hand & Seal of Office,
containing an Account of every Mill or Engine for Slitting
& rolling of Iron and every Plateing Forge to work with a
Tilt Hammer; and every Furnace for making Steel at the
time of the Commencement of this Act erected in your
Government, expressing also in the said Certificate such of
them as are used, and the Name or Names of the Proprietor
or Proprietors of each such Mill, Engine, Forge, and Fur-
nace, and the Place where each such Mill, Engine, Forge
and Furnace is erected, and the Number of Engines, Forges
& Furnaces in your Government; And you are to take
especial care that if after the time limited by the said Act
any Mill or other Engine for Slitting or rolling of Iron, or
any plateing Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, or any
Furnace for making Steel, shall be erected or continued
within your Government, you do cause the same to be
abated within the time and in the manner prescribed by
the said Act.
T. H.
Gov'' & Company of Connecticut.
[Indorsed by Roger Wolcott] M' Secrety Hill May 29 1750
reed December 14 1750 Respecting Engines for plate-
ing Iron or Makeing steell
JONATHAN LAW TO THOMAS TOUSEY.
Milford June 9^^ 1750
I desire you would inform me of the Sum sterling you
sent to Esq' Palmer and of the Evidence you have of his
receiving it, and whether you have received any thing of
him of what remain’d in his Hands since your Business was
over, and as you proposed to me, to discount what was
remaining in his hands; if you have not paid into the
Treasury the Money lent you, this may Give a good Oppor-
tunity for it. Esq' Palmers Ex'® make demand of the whole
Expence as if nothing had been paid him.
JONATHAN LAW. — THOMAS FITCH.
399
Now is the Time for settling that Affair and others
with Esqr Palmers Ex^s and I would therefore have you
bring or send me the best intelligence you can; that I may
be able to instruct Esq^ Partridge our Agent to make up
our accounts with them. What you have wrote to
Palmer relating thereto let me know it.
I Subscribe your humble
Servant Sc faithfull friend
JON™ law
Thomas Towsey Esq^
JONATHAN LAW TO THOMAS FITCH.
Milford June 1750
Sir
This comes to inform you that the Assembly have
appointed and Desired You and me Forthwith to State the
Case and prepare the Evidence relating to the Settlement
of the Divisional line between this Colony & the Massachu-
setts in pursuance of the May Act that the same may be
sent to our agent which I desire you would forthwith-
Attend upon, if your state of health will admitt of it.
I have att New Haven rec<i a paquett from M^ Partridge
giving an Acc“ of the Parliaments granting pay to the
Regiment & for our Canada Disbursements the amount in
the whole of about 17000 Curtail’d
In great haste I subscribe
Your humble Serv‘
JONTH law
Thomas Fitch Esq''
[Indorsed] Copy of A Letter to Coll Fitch & one to Thomas
Towsey Esq^ June ii‘h 1750
THOMAS FITCH TO JONATHAN LAW.
Norwalk June 12‘h 1750
A''
Your Honours by Mr Baldwin Rec^ this Morning and
in Obedience to your Order should have Directly waited on
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Your Hour but had before appointed a Journey to Kent
which I am this Day to Set out upon and cannot well omit
And therefore hope you -yviH excuse me till my Return after
which as soon as I can Shall Endeavour to Attend the Busi-
ness Your Hour mentioned. I am with Great Respect Your
Honours most obedient
and Humble Servant
THQS FITCH
Honourable Jon™ Law Esq^
[Superscribed] To The Honourable Jon^h Law Esq'' Govr
of the Colony of Connecticut at Milford.
[Indorsed] Colh Pitche’s June 1750.
JONATHAN LAW TO ELIAKIM PALMER’S EXECUTORS.
Milford June 19 1750
Gentlemen
By yours of y® 28* of May 1749 I rec<i the Melancholly
Acct of y® death of our late worthy Agent Eliakim Palmer
Esq'" wherein you signifyd to me that you would send me an
Acct of his disbursements for this Colony, which I have
never yet received and am sorry the Affairs of this Gov‘
should have been in so much danger of suffering beyond
what you represented to me, for want of the necessary
papers in your hands had not a Samaritan put to his helping
hand, and it was to our Disadvantage to doubt of our
Ingenuity and represent us to have improved a Gentleman
so long a time at his own Expence without making any
Satisfaction for the Expences on our Acc‘ when he had
rec<J 691b of Mr Wilks’s Ex^s our former Agent as you will
see by a Copy of his Acc‘ w®'' he sent me with a Ballance in
our favour and his Salery constantly paid to his Correspon-
dents att Boston M®srs Balston and Palmer according to his
Order and 400!^ our Currency granted after his death and
by me sent Messrs Balston and Palmer before y® Acc‘ came
of his Decease, Credit! for which you should give us unless
it appear for y® year preceeding of which I shall en-
deavor to know the Certainty, and now having directed
JONATHAN HAW.
40 I
M"" Richard Partridge to pay you the Ballance of our
Accounts on his our Agents doing of which you are desird
and hereby Ordered to deliver up to him all the Letters and
papers in your hands that concern this Gov‘ and pray you
would believe the Reason why we did not make Remittances
for further Expences was our constant expectation he gave
us of his receiving our Cape Britton money and its beyond
me to account for your setting us in so bad a Light if you
receivd my Letter dated att New haven October 1749
wherein it was desird you would forward Mr Palmers Acc‘
with the Colony and what shall be found due to Palmers
Estate will be punctually discharged. this is the needfull
from
Your humble Servant
JONTH law
The Exrs of Eliakim Palmer Esqr dec<i
JONATHAN LAW TO ELISHA WILLIAMS.
Milford June 19‘h 1750.
I am favourd with yours of the 26‘h of febr last Ex'"®
dont alwayes derive the good Nature and Ingenuity of their
Testaps Mr Palmer sent an Acc‘ of his Disbursements with
Mr Sharps Acc‘ after Clark and Towsey’s Case was finished
with the Creditt of 69'^ St. which he rec'^ on the Colonies
Acct of Mr Wilks’s Exrs and the Ballance in our favour was
4-15-9-
Since w<=h the Warr Affair and the Merchants Bill in
Parliament have happened but y® Encouragement given of
a Reimbursement of the Cape Bretton Expences represented
it not needfull to make Remittances to him seeing he sent no
further Acc‘ of his Imbursements and his Salery was stead-
ily paid by his Order to Messrs Balston and Palmer his
Correspondents, when the true State of the Affair shall be
understood (I would hope) the good Light we stood in (as
Mr Bollen once our Antagonist and others have represented)
will not be extinguished, tho Mr Shirley has given a handle
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to curtail our Expences and your Wages a little yet I sup-
pose it to fall heavier on his own Gov‘.
By Mr Partridge’s of y® 3^ of April I am Informd that
^5045-19-10^ is allowd for cloathing and Arms 5291-15-3
for the Regiment and also 6594-3-1^ beside Pilots Wages
making in the whole 17191-15-8^14 which he supposes will
be ready to be paid in a little time and a Warrant was
granted for the payment of the Cape Britton Expences.
I am also desird by the Assembly to signify to you
the gratefull Sence they have of the good Services you
have done for this Colony and granted a Bill of Exchange
for 25I'’ Sterling on Dr Avery and I have accordingly sign’d
3 Bills and deliverd y™ to your Son.
I subscribe
your obedient humble Serva
J L
Colh Elisha Williams.
[Indorsed] Copy Letter to ColP Williams June 19 1750.
JONATHAN LAW TO BENJAMIN AVERY.
Milford June 19*1* 1750
_
Yours of y® 17*’^ of Febr last I rec^ which I comunicated
to our Assembly whereupon they made choice of Mr Rich-
ard Partridge for yr Agent and did by a Resolve desire and
direct me to draw a Sett of three Bills of Exchange for the
Sum of three hundred pounds Sterling on Dr Benjamin
Avery payable to Mr Richard Partridge and that should
advise you of it, to enable the s<i Mr Partridge to discharge
his Obligation on our Behalf to the Executors of our late
worthy Agent Mr Palmer and to transact the Affairs of this
Colony at the Court of great Britain and that you would
charge s^ Bill to the Acc* of this Colony for the Sterling
money in your hands allowed for reimbursing the Expences
of s<i Colony in the taking and securing Cape Britton and
to inform you That the Silver is lodged in our Treasury for
sinking and discharging so many of our outstanding Bills
JONATHAN I, AW.
403
of Creditt as amounts to that Sum of 3oo’t> Sterling And
that I should signify to you, the gratefull sense the Gover-
ment hath of your Willingness to advance our Interest and
the Care you have taken of it, altho your stated business
layeth you under a Necessity of refusing the Agency of
this Colony, yet that they earnestly desire your kind Offices
and favour on our behalf both in our Religious and civil
Interests.
I am also to advise you of a Sett of three Bills of Ex-
change I have drawn on you payable to Coll' Williams for
twenty five pounds Sterling by a Resolve of the Assembly
to be paid out of the money afores^* and to place it to y®
Colonies Acc^ and that there is a sufficiency of Silver lodg’d
in the Treasury, for [ ]and dischargi[ng so]
many of our Bill[s] of Cre[ ]
[ ]
After which I received your Letter of
wherein you informd of your having Opportunity to con-
sider our Circumstances with the Gentlemen of your Com'®®
who advisd to one Storks to be our Agent a very worthy
Gentleman I doubt not but the business was done before it
came on your Recoinendation of Coll' Williams to
Partridge who in your Opinion was a man of Integrity and
Capacity and of long Experience in things of this nature,
whom Coll' Williams confirmed every way to answer the
Carecter you had given of him.
By a Letter from Mr Partridge on the 3^ of April I
understand a Warrant was made out for they payment of
the Cape Britton money to your self who happend then to
be gone down to the Bath so am in continual Expectation
of hearing from you That you have rec<i it
I am sorry Mr Palmers Exrs did not know of the 60"^
rec<i of Mr Wilks’s Exrs and that by my last Acc‘ from Mr
Palmer the ballance was 4-15-9 in our favour and that had
he sent an Acc' of his Expences bringing us into Arrears
with him, we should have made Remittances tho the con-
stant Expectation of moneys coming into his hands for the
Cape Britton Reimbursements might make him and us less
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404
tliotfull about it I hope our Reputation will be repaired
when Circumstances are known and rightly considered, his
Salery was constantly paid according to his Direction and
tho it were small yet it was pretty near equal to ye Gove's
Allowance* to Mess'"® Ralston and Palmer att Boston.
I am S'" &c.
JONTH law.
Dr Benjn Avery.
[Indorsed] Copy of Letter to Doc. Benjamin Avery June
19th 1750.
JONATHAN LAW TO THOMAS FITCH.
Milford June 22^ 1750-
I am afraid you are sick, not seeing nor hearing from
you hope you will soon come or send Mr Brown otherwise
I am not under Advantage to state the Case ab‘ the divi-
sional Line and a little loss of time the first Opportunity
w''^ I must improve on other Acc‘®
I have just now rec'^ a Copy of ye Acc‘ carryd in to
Parliament and there accepted our Demands much curtaild
6 months taken off of the Regiment’s Service,
the Post waiting
I Subscribe
Your humble Servant
JONTH law.
Colh Thom® Fitch Esqr
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Coll Fitch June 22 1750
RICHARD PARTRIDGE TO JONATHAN LAW.
London 4^^ mo: or June 2;^^ 1750
Gov^ Law
My last to thee was of 2^ mo: the 3d which hope thou
hast reed since that I suppose Dr Avery may have writ
thee. As there is now a Ship Bound to Boston I was not
*The preceding words beginning with “and” are crossed out.
JONATHAN LAW.
405
willing to omit writing thee a few lines to let thee know
that the Lords of the Treasury have not yet begun to pay
any of the Canada Exped" Money since the rising of the
Parliam^ (which was upwards of 2 mo^ since & Soon after
that the King set out for Hannover) but we are in hopes
the Paym‘ of the Money will be ordered shortly as the Lords
of the Regency have Signed a Warrant for it.
I Suppose Dr Avery has rec^ your Cape Breton money
being ^28863: 19; i. I having carried him the Order for it
on the Excheqr from the Treasury about a month since but
the Fees & civil list money to be deducted thereout amounts
to upwards of Eight hundred Pounds, & as for the
^5045.19.10^ allowed for Arms & Cloathing of the Con-
nect Regm‘ he refuses to concern himself about it and there-
fore it must remain till further Orders from Your Colony
for the receiving that money, as before advised thee, & as
for the money granted for the Pay of Col° Williamss Regim*
(as has been also already wrote thee) we are in hopes the
Treasury will not Scruple the CoD® Authority for receiving
& giving a Discharge for it, but yet we are not certain how
that will be till the time of Paymt comes on. I know noth-
ing but he is well.
I am with due respects
Thy assured Friend
RICHI5 PARTRIDGE.
[Superscribed] To Jonathan Law Esq^ Governour of the
Colony of Connecticutt. via N. castle per Cap‘ Peakes.
[Indorsed] Agent Partridges of June 23 1750 rec<^ 7I’'' 14.
JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE WYLLYS.
Milford June 25th 1750
S’-
I have a Copy of the Canada Account liquidated
accepted by Parlament in which is allowed to the Regi-
ment before the furlow, 5291-15-3 and half pay afterwards,
6594-3-4^^ to the Colony for Cloathing, Arms, Amunition,
and Stores, 5045-19-1034 to the Pilot 259-17-6, in the
whole 17191-15-834.
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In order to Settle Acct^ with Mr Palmers Ex^s I want
to know whether the Last Salery granted after his Death
was for the year past or to come or half past and half to
come which I suppose the Records may Shew on due
Observation and you may Certify as also Copies of the
Records from Ralston and Palmer lodged in your office or a
Certificate of them.
I also want attested Copies of the Acts of our Assembly
relative to the Divisional line between Massathusets and us.
and of the memorial of the four Towns I have sent by an
Express and since by the Comon Post for Coll° Fitch but he
is not Come I fear he is sick I am directed to state the
Case by his assistance till which is done I cant know the
Evidence wanted to support it.
I should be obliged to you for a Copy of the Act of
Assembly about our seperate Society. ’ Inform the Bearer
when Cap‘ Talcott is likely to Sail.
I am Sr Your Friend and Servant
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Secry Wyllys June 25 1750
JONATHAN LAW TO RICHARD PARTRIDGE.
Milford June 25*!’ 1750
Sir
I herewith inclose to you the Act of our Assembly
appointing You to be their Agent as also a Letter of Procu-
ration.
And an Act appointing you to be their Agent or Attor-
ney for Supplicating for and Recieving their Mony for the
Reimbursment of their Expences on the proposed Expe-
dition against Canada, and a power of Attorny for Asking
recieving and Discharging the Same
Also a Copy of a Resolve of our Assembly desiring me
to draw a Sett of three Bills of Exchange on Doctf Benjamin
Avery for three hundred pounds Sterling payable to your
Self, together with a Bill of Exchange for it, to enable you
to discharge Your Obligation to Esq^ Palmers Executors
and to Transact the affairs of this Colony
JONATHAN LAW.
407
Also a Resolve Signifying the Grateful vSense they have
of Your Readiness to Assist Colh Williams, and Undertake
in behalf of the Colony, desiring Your Acceptance of the
Agency and Continuance of Your care and Vigilance in the
Affairs of the Colony, and that You would adjust and Settle
the Colonys Acc‘® with Palmers Executors, Observing
the Information I shall Give You relating thereto; and in
order to it, I inclose a Copy of Palmers Acc“ bearing
date August i®* 1745 which Acknowledges the Receit of
69^ of the Exec‘*'s of Wilks which Mony lay in their
hands also a Copy of Mf Sharps Acc“ the one half of which
he Charg’d on the Colony there then Remaining in his
hands of the 69^ but ^4.15.9 in our favour and More
Mony Would have been remitted to him had it not been for
the Continual Expectation of a Reimbursment of our Cape
Breton Expences; And Since Clark & Towseys Case was
over, I dont Remember any other Business has happened
besides the Warr affair and the Bill in Parliament Set for-
ward by the Merchants against paper Currency, his Salery
was paid by his Order to Messrs Balston & Palmer att
Boston as ^ their Rec‘® may appear, and last may was
twelve Month, after his Decease a Salery of ^400 Currency
was Granted and paid as M^ Balstons Letter of July 2 2<^
1749 will appear, for which I Suppose we ought to have
Creditt, Seeing he was dead before it was Granted, and was
paid to his Corespondents, whom he made his Excecu*'®.
Mr Palmers Executors (who had Signifyed to me they
would Send a Copy of the Acc“ but never Came to my
hand) did not observe any Creditt Given to the Colony
when they oblig’d You to give Your note for the Ballance
in order to obtain the Necessary papers of them, as has been
hinted to me by ColD Williams, it Contain’d the whole
Expenee he had been at from the beginning of his Agency
which You will enquire into and the Just ballance Creditt
being Given for the 69^ receiv’d of Mr Wilks Excectrs &c,
and what may be reasonable, You will pay out of the 300^
You Shall recieve of the Dr and place it to the Colonys Acc‘
as also the Mony you have Advan’d on the Affairs of the
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Colony, and you will Send me a Copy of the Whole Acc‘
that I may Make Some Judgment, where to Stop in Signs
Bills of Exchange. Twenty five pounds Sterling is Given
to Colh' Williams for which I have drawn three Bills of
Exchange on Dr Avery in Lieu Whereof we have appro-
priated So much Silver in our Treasury for Sinking as
much of our Outstanding Bills.
I have also to Communicate to You a Difficulty which
has happen’d between this Colony and the Province of the
Massachusetts Bay about the Divisional Line; as I under-
stand it the Massachusetts being bounded on the South
with a due West line to be drawn three miles South of the
most Southern part of Charles’s River, and ours bounded
North on the Massachusetts, that Govern* did ex parte
improve one Woodward & Saffery to run their line on the
South who erected a Station three miles South of a Pond
which Sometimes buseth(?) over and emptyeth into
Charles River, which Pond lyeth three or four Miles South
of any part of S*^ River, which line being as Afores** left
Some part of the Townshipp of Windsor one of our most
Antient Townships Granted and Settled by the Government
of Connecticutt to the Northward of S*^ Line, whereupon
Quarrills and Contentions arose between the Borderers of
each Government.
Upon which in 1713 Commis''s were appointed by both
Government to run & Ascertain the Line who did agree to
run the'line from Woodwards and Safferys Station and in
Case any Lands were Granted by Either Government be-
yond their Line an Equivalent Should be Given for it, but if
any Town were Settled by Either Govern* beyond their
Line that it Should remain in the Jurisdiction of the Gov-
ernment which Settled them and on running this Line it
was found that Woodstock, Infield, Suffield, and part
of Springfield and Westfield were South of S<^ Line which
agreement was Accepted by both Govern*^ but when the
Inhabitants found it was never Confirm’d by the Royal
Authority, depended upon it that no Authority Could be
Given by this Government to that to Govern them they laid
JONATHAN I, AW.
409
Claim to the Priviledges of this Government and prefered
their Memorial to this Government as you will find a Copy
of it inclos’d, and at length obtain’d an Act which they
Esteem’d in their Favour, a Copy whereof is inclos’d, pur-
suant whereunto the Assembly att Boston refused to Joyn
us with Commisrs as Copy of their Act inclosed.
Yet have Since appointed Comm^rs to treat about the
four Towns in Controversy and propos’d time and place for
their Meeting as you may See by a Copy of their Act in-
closed, on which any further Motion was delayed ; I observ’d
the Difficulty to them desir’d their Compliance in Giving
equal powers with ours to which I have had no Answer,
whereupon our Assembly have desir’d & directed me
to proceed to State the Case and desire you to petition his
Majesty to appoint Coms^s to run and Ascertain the Line
Accord^ to the Charters as you may See by a Copy of the
Act of Assembly in May herewith inclos’d together with
the case Stated and the Evidences to Support it. I have
also received a Letter from Gov^ Green* Accompanying an
Act of their Assembly for running the Line ex parte on the
Massachusetts Refusal to Joyn them, wherein he desires
this Government to Joyn and Assist, of which I Suppose
You will be advis’d from that Government and in Case the
Massachusetts have Gotten further Southard from Charles’s
River than they ought, it will carry the Massachusetts fur-
ther Northward than a Line drawn as Afores<i Called Wood-
ward & Safferys, which will enure to a little Enlargement
of both Governments to the Gratification of the Borderers
Who are So fond of the Priviledges of these two Southern
Governments.
I had the Fav'' of yours of the of Febrr last and
Your Duplicate of the 3'^ of April with the Magazines and
Newspapers for which I give you hearty thanks as also my
Lord of Londons Letter and Since Your Paquett by way of
Rhoad island
As to a Solicitor it has been always at the Discretion of
our Agent, only M^ Sharpe (I think) was recommended to
*William Greene, governor of Rhode Island.
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Dr Avery as a Gentleman whose Services had been to Good
Satisfaction who Signified to me that as he Always had
been So he Always would be in the Interest of this Colony.
I also inclose an Order to Esqr Palmers Executors de-
siring them to deliver to You as our Agent all the Letters
and papers which Concern this Government and were lodged
in the hands of Esqr Palmer.
Least I Should Fail of Stating the Case and Sending the
Evidence relating to it by Means of the Sickness of the
Gentlemen appointed to Assist me in it, I would repeat the
Caution, I Sent Mr Palmer & Dr Avery to delay the Confirm-
ation of the Agreement in 1713 made by the Comsrs and
approved by the two Governments, ’till we may be heard
upon it if the Massachusetts Should make any Motion for it.
And least part of my Letters (as is reported) Should be
Sent Home to Shew no Disposition in us to the Contrary, I
Send Copys of them at large.
As for the Bill intituled an Act for the Encouraging the
importation of Pigg & Barr Iron &c. to remove one Diffi-
culty by Introducing a Greater in the Room of it Gives
no Great Encouragment, and it Seems that for the Same
reason, that one mill or Engine for the better improvement
of the Countrys produce may be putt down, another may also
All mines mineralls &c are Granted to us Except^ one fifth
part of the Oar of Gold and Silver a like attempt was made
in the Reign of King George the first, by the Disposition of
a Gentleman in London to engross the whole Manufact^ of
Iron and putting the Plantations under the Circumstances
of the Children of Israel when They had no Smiths but it
was happily put by as too Great a Burden for a Free people
to Sustain. An Encouragement for the raising of Silk in
the Plantations is that which I have labour’d Much, as You
May See in my Letters to Esq^ Palmer if You have the op-
portunity, and will take the Trouble, and would hope it may
not be put into the Same Predicament, with the Iron Works
or any other Discouragment.
I observe in the Acc‘t of the Expences incurr’d in the
intended Expedition an Allowance to the Pilott and Nothing
JONATHAN I. AW.
4II
to any Transports to be Pilotted, the Colonys Expenses
Exceedingly Curtail’d, & no Allowance made for Transports
Ministers Doct^s or Commissary or one to take Care of the
Regiments Stores.
The pay to the Regiment as Computed by Palmer
was ^^23449 Sterling Now abated to ;^ii885 18 4)^ the
Cloathing Arms Ammunition & Stores were also Computed
at 13 4 & our Acc‘ of about 66ooo;^ Currency
Annexed thereto, Reduced to 5045 19 10^ Sterling, So
that .;^3oi95 13 4 Sterling & about ^66000 Currency
was abated to 17191 15 Sterling.
By the Furlow we happily eas’d the Crown on the Acc‘
of the Wages to 5943 i[ ] and we only Saved to our-
selves the Charge of Billeting a 1000 Men one Year.
It therefore Seems Something hard for this Govern-
ment who only have taken Such Measures as So much
abate the National Debt Should have Greater abatem‘s
Made on their Expences than their Neighbours not more
Loyal than they; And Notwithstanding their Noble Lord-
ships were So Strongly bent on Savings to the Crown Yet a
little Respect methinks ought to be had to those that were
Carefull of Enhancing the National Debt and by that
Means Sav’d the Crown more Mon}' than was Granted them
and not make a Saving out of those only, who only had
Sav’d the Crown and here observe that all other Govern-
ments have their Wage for their Forces allow’d ’till October
1747 ours only Excepted, who were under as Good Circum-
stances for his Majesties Service as they were. Yet a Fair
opportunity is Given for ours being reduced to half pay
during the Furlow as Officers are at home when the Warrs
are over
but that we who were bound in obedience to his Majes-
ties Command to raise the Men Should loose the bounty
Given, (without which it would not Answer) to encourage
it, as his Majesty Always do’s when ever he has Occasion to
Raise Volunteers Which here was 4^ Sterling a man and
be at the charge of Transports Provisions, and other Neces-
saries Seems very hard, and no Staff officers allow’d for.
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when Such Allowance is Made to a Pilott I Cant Account
for, as they were all of them Actually in the Service &
Improvment of his Majesty.
Indeed when I look back on former proceedings it
Seems Evident, that our Country has never been putt upon
assisting the Crown on any Expedition that has not by
Some Means or Other been defeated to our Impoverishment
and the Great abatement of the Growth of our Country;
And when any Expedition has been Undertaken at the Meer
Instance of our own Government, we find by unhappy
Experience tho attended with Success, that it hath turn’d
out Much to our Disadvantage, Yet I would not despair
of Success in an Essay for an Augmentation, and leave it
wholly to the Probabil[ ] You who are on the Spott may
have of Succeding therein, & in Relyance on Your Care &
Prud[ ]
I Assure You I am Your Faithful
Friend & humble Serv*
J L
To Richard Partridge Esq^
August 2 2 <3
P: S: I have not as Yet been Able to State the Case
about the Divisional Line and procure the Evidence t?o
Establish it, the Controversy Subsisting about fourty Years
before the partial incompleat & Mistaken Agreement in
1713 & must delay it ’til after the Sessions in October,
however I have Sent You a Duplicate of What I sent
Capt Talcott, which hope May have arriv’d Safe to Your
hand by this time, I have also inclos’d to You a Second Bill
of Exchange on D*' Avery for the ^300 to You granted for
the purposes before Mentioned.
I have Sent again to our Secretary, who being Much
indispos’d recieved Nothing in Writing from him; but
by what I can learn the Case was thus M'' Palmer being
appointed in October 1742, in October 1743 his Salary was
Granted for the Year past, and Always after it was Granted
for the Currant Year (i e) beginning in October preceeding,
then it will follow that the last Grant of 400^ Compre-
JONATHAN I. AW.
4'3
hended half a Year after his Death and Should be Con-
sidered accordingfly.
Yet notwithstanding I have Reciev’d from M'' Ralston
a Petition, Sign’d by Mr Palmer of Boston to our Assembly
for a (iratuity for Agent Palmer Good Services which I
Shall lay before them.
Yours of the n“> & 17“' May I Rec^ and give You
thanks, but dont find the Acts of Parliament ab‘ Iron, nor
that ab‘ Silk which You Signify’d You had inclos’d but the
Iron act, I have rec’d from the D: Bedford I have also rec<i
a Letter from Coll' Talcott by which he informs me that on
the a;"’ of May his Friend Mr Lane of London told him that
D Avery inform’d him, he had rec^ the Mony granted on
the Acc‘ of C: Breton
Concerns^ ye Iron act two Constructions are putt upon
it, one is that its levell’d against all Engines their Enumer-
ated, the other is that its only against Such as Should be
erected after the 24^^ of June, one Exposeth me to the
Informer the other to the Proprietor, Some Say the word
(or) is Disjunctive, and then they read it Shall Either
Erect or Continue Such Engine & the word (Such) has
reference to the Engine and not to the time of its Erection,
and it had been Easy to have Excepted those which were
Erected before 24"^ of June & in the Margin, its Said, no
Mill &c to be erected or Continued in America. Others Say
the Word (or) is Copulative and taken for (and) and the
Relative (Such) referrs to the time of Erection, and not to
the kind of Engine and then they read it thus that no Mill
& so forth Shall be Erected after the 24‘h of June 1750
& Continued & the obligation of the Gov^ &c to Give a
Particular acc^ of Every Mill &c at the time of the Com-
mencement of this Act erected in his Colony Expressing
also Such of them as are Used and the names of the Propri-
etors of Each Such Mill &c & the Place where Such Mill &c
is Erected & the Number of Engines, Forges & Furnaces in
S<^ Colony Could be to no purpose if they were to be demol-
ished, as well as those which Should be erected after 24‘h of
June as the Sign upon the Door posts of the Children of
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Israel. Whereupon I crave Your Advice for “Incidet in
Scyllam Qui Vult Vitare Charybdim” The Addition or
Omission of a word or two Would have made it intelligible
to me in Either Constructions design’d
The Acts of the last Parliament are highly applauded,
& I am well Perswaded That the Iron act is well Calculated
for the Present Benefitt of London and the Plantat[ ] in as
much as the Former may want Emp[ ]ment when the
latter wants hands & Ski[ ] So that the Charge of Trans-
portation will be abundantly recompenced by the More
Expeditious & better Manufacturing that Usefull Mettal at
Home than can be here in many Generations.
As I find by the little Quantity of Silk raisd in my own
Family and Sent home to be Manufactured Yet we dont
affect old Master C[ ]vers Charge to his School boys
never to go into Water ’till they had learnt to Swim
J L
[Indorsed by Law] Copy of a Letter to Agent Partridge
June 25 [ ] 22<^ 1750
GEORGE WYLLYS TO JONATHAN I.AW.
Hartford June 27*11 1750
My Indisposition for near a ffortnight has been such,
that I have hardly been able to do any kind of Business, nor
can I yett write but a few Lines at a Time, The Matters
Your Horn referrs to, seem to require more application than
I can well bear, while this Messenger will Tarry, and see
not, but that they must be omitted to another Opportunity,
Yett I have enclosed, a Number of Papers (most of them
Originals,) relating to the Controversy about the divisional
Line, between this Colony and the Massachusetts Bay, by
which I conceive Y^ Honr will have Means, expresly, to
direct me, to what may be necessary to state or [ jpport
the Case. I have been carefull especially to send the Survey
of the famous Woodward and Saffery, (which I understand
the Province insists upon, and which Gov*' Shirley & M^
JONATHAN l.AW.
415
Bollan assure them will be established & confirmed) together
with a Memorial of the Transactions of that Governm‘ and
this, from a little Time after the Charter, to a few Years
before the Agreement in 1713, and when Y’’ lion'’ has
perused these Papers, what are Originals and Copys thereof
may be needed, be pleased to Transmitt them by the Mes-
senger by whom I may receive Your Hon'’s further Com-
ands. I have Advised M^ Baldwin to take his Journey
round by Midletown to obtain true Intelligence when Cap‘
Talcott Sails for England.
I am
Yr Honrs most Obedient
Humbl Serv‘
GEORGE WYLLYS
P. S. I send Yr Horn a parcell of Blank Military
Comissions to be signed please to send them up by the
next Messenger.
[Superscribed] To the Honi>‘® Jonathan Law Esqr Gov-
ernor of the Colony of Connecticut att Milford ^
Mr Baldwin
[Indorsed] Secry Wyllis June ayti’ 1750
JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE WYLLYS.
Milford July ist 1750.
S’'
I am sorry to hear of your Indisposition an unusual
Cold I understand is epidemical even thro the Countrey,
hope these Lines may find you restored to your usual State
of health
I further want one Copy of y® Memorial of Woodstock
and 2 of y® Act of our Assembly upon it, and 2 of the last
May Act about the Controverted Towns & 2 of the Acts
enabling me to Draw Bills of Exchange favour of Mr Par-
tridge & Coll Williams.
With respect to Esqr Palmer Salery how many times it
was granted or whether y® last was granted for y® year to
come or for the year past or half for y® year past and half
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for ye year then going on I want to inform Partridge in
order to his making up his acc‘s the Ex^s
I reed your Paquetts by Baldwin soon after Colh
Fitch was come to me, who has carryd ye papers home with
him in order to state the Case many of which he never had
seen before what will be further wanting I know not, if you
remember any, please to send them.
I have signd the Com“s and remitt them.
I must learn whether and w“ Capt Talcott will sail for
London, its high time our Agent had his Orders.
Your humble Serv‘
[Indorsed] Copy to Secry Wyllis July i 1750.
JABEZ HAMLIN TO JONATHAN LAW.
Middletown July 2d A D 1750
May It please y>' Hon'>'
Capt Talcot Informed me on Saturday Last that It was
highly probable y^ Horn had Reed an Information that he
had Altered his Voyage and was not Bound Directly to
London which is a Great Mistake ; and. as he Intends to Sail
from N London on Saturday next Directly for London and
fearing y'' Hon^ might be Disappointed by Reason of that
false Report I tho’t it my Duty to Acquaint your Horn when
Capt Talcot Sailed That So y^ Horn might prepare what you
thought proper To Send per him; I am with Sincere Re-
gards Your Honrs
Most Obedient Humble Serv‘
JABEZ HAMLIN.
[Superscribed] To The Hon^'e Jonathan Law Esqr Gov-
ernour of Connecticut In Milford. Per Cap‘ Abbot.
[Indorsed] Majr Hamlins July 2d 1750.
GEORGE WYLLYS TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford July 3d 1750
As I understand by Cap* Talcott himself, (since my
last) that he purposes speedily to sail for London, I have
sent to Your Horn as many of the Copys and Papers men-
GKORGK WYI I.YS.
417
tioned, as I found the shortness of the Time, and my health
(which is yet very indifferent) would allow of, and hope
they, with those before receiv‘d will be sufficient at least to
ground a True State of the Case upon, and which are all
(I know of) relating to the Business of the Line, save, the
Mapp thereof, under the Hands of the Comisioners men-
tioned in the Act of our Assembly in May 1713, And the
Actual Survey or Run of it, from the Station at Wrentham
to the west Bounds of Westfield, which I have never yet
seen tho a good deal of Time has been spent in searching
for them, I beleve they are not in my office, but am ready to
think Gov'’ Saltonstall upon some Occasion or other took the
Care of them, and if I am not much mistaken there are some
Conclusions of the Comissioners which I have seen in Copys
from Boston, that are not to be found here. There is also
the Appointment of certain Comissioners some Years ago
to perambulate the Line, and a Report (I conclude) of some
doings of theirs in that Matter, which I could not now look
up. The Gov*" and Council (I perceive) transacted a consid-
erable part in this Affair, as appointing the Commissioners
&c the Records of which are with Your Hon'', And the Roll
of Papers referred to in the Memorial (which accompanied
my last) I should think might yett be obtained as it actually
came to the Hands of S’" Henry Ashurst, and very probably
from him (with the Governm‘s other papers) to the suc-
ceeding Agents, it may be difficult if these. Matters should
again be needed to collect them at this Day.
I have enclosed a short Certificate & a Copy relating to
Agent Palmers Salary &c which I hope may answer the
Purpose. Mr Baldwin is charged with a Letter from Cap*
Talcott which I desired him to write, wherein I conclude
he setts the Time of proceeding on his Voyage to England
I am Your Homs
most Obedient Humble Serv^
GEORGE WYLLYS
The Hon^ie Jonath^ Law Esqr
[Superscribed] To the Hon^^'® Jonathan Law Esqr at
Milford
[Indorsed] Mr Secretarys Letter to Govr Law July 3 1750
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JONATHAN LAW TO THOMAS FITCH.
Milford July 5 1750
I herewith send you divers papers which I y® last night
rec'^ from Secry and his Letter which you will improve
as you find Occasion The Survey made by y® Com^s in
1713 he dont find as my Memory serves me I have seen the
Variation of y^ Line from Woodwards and Safferies Platted
and so lately as when Golden wanted to be informd &
am informd by Majr Hamblin That Cap* Talcott would sail
for London on Saturday or Monday next I sent my Paquett
by the common Post and by my Express receiving y® last
night a Copy of the Records of y® Salery granted to our late
Agent shewing the last grant to be for y® current year 1749
when he was dec®*. I thot proper to advise M^ Partridge
of it that he might discount it with M^ Palmers Ex^®
hoping to hear from you when we may have an Oppor-
tunity for a Duplicate I Subscribe
Your faithful Friend and
humble Servant
JONTH law.
ColP Fitch Esq*'
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Coll. Fitch July 5. 1750
JONATHAN LAW TO RICHARD PARTRIDGE.
Milford July 5*^ 1750.
5*"
The last night and since I closd my Paquett to you and
sent it to New London by an Express which I sent to M^
Secry at Hartford I rec<^ among other things a Copy of our
Records which I herewith inclose, to you of the several
Grants made to Esq* Palmer for his Salery by which it will
plainl)?- appear That the last Grant of four hundred pounds
currency for his Salery was made for his Service in the
year 1749 begining in May which was accordingly paid as
Balston’s Letter and y® Receits lodgd in the Secrys office
on the Treasury w®'* M* Secry by Reason of Sickness was
not able to look up and send me
JONATHAN LAW. JKUKMIAH MILLER.
419
whence it seems clear to me That the last four hundred
pounds was granted for Services expected from him for
which Providence denyd him the Opportunity and should
therefore be discounted in your making up the Acc‘* with
y® Ex^s of Esq'' Palmer as well as the 60" rec'^ of M"" Wilks’s
Ex''s
And as to the stating the Case with respect to the Mas-
sathusetts and us I would hope to have it prepard to come
with the Duplicate of what I now send
I am S'' Your humble Servant
J LAW
Rich‘S Partridge Esq''
P S M'' Palmers Agency Comencd Octob'' 1742 and he
dyed in May 1749 w®*! makes 6 years and an half & eight
Saleries have been granted him which is one year and an
half beyond the Service done I am 50 miles distant from
Secry and Talcott designing to sail tomorrow or Monday
from N London which being 70 miles from me makes it
difficult to comply with the Circumstances shall endeavour
to gain more Certainty when I may send my Duplicate
J L
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to M'' Partridge July 1750
JEREMIAH MILLER TO JONATHAN LAW.
N. Lond'^ July 1750-
5''
Yo'' Hon''® Letfs of y® 3'^ Inst^ togeth'' with the Packet
Directed to M^ Patridge Came Safe by y® Post Rider. I
Note yo'' Honrs Direction & shall attend thereto. Cap‘
Tallcot is Here, Suppose will Sail soon. I have Shewn
Him the Packett. He says He shall take Special Care of
It, but since He is Hailing Down to lighten His Ship tho’t
best to keep it in my Desk ’till He Clears out. Neither
of the Kieths are Here. Don’t know that Either of them
Intend to London or G. Britt" When ever any opO of Con-
veyance shall offer I shall take Care to advise yo^ Honr.
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I hope Co'i Fitch E’r now, is in Condition to assist yo^
Honr in stating the Case Referd to, but Heard that y®
Massachusts now would stoop so Low as to Joyn Us by a
Comm‘®® or Commissionrs & so prevent our sending Home.
I observe the Liquidating of our Acc*® of y® Disburse-
ments for y® Intended Canada Expedition, and was apprizd
of it some time since by a Private LetU from my Friend in
Lond“. Believe We may thank Gov Shirley for the Sub-
ductions made on It. I admire that He should be so very
Officious in Doing this Colony such an Injury, a Gentm“ so
wise, so Great so good. Itane Coelistibus Irae !
Yo^ Horn will pardon me this Long Lett*' while I am
Writing to yo*" Hon^ I perceive some thing of y® Pleasure
which I’ve ever had when yr Horn has Indulg’d me yo^
agreeable Conversation.
I am w*^ the greatest Sincerity yo^ Homs
Most obliged Humi® Serv‘
JER. MILLER.
Pray make my Compps to yo^ Lady
J M
To Govr Law.
[Superscribed] To the Hon^e Jonath'^ Law Esq^ Gov-
erm of His Majestys Colony of Connecticut at Mill-
ford. from Jer. Miller.
[Indorsed] Jer: Millers Esq*' of July ii 1750 rec^ 13.
SAMUEL TALCOTT TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford July 17: 1750
May It Pleas y>' Hon'*
These wait on yr Hon^ at y® Desire of Doc^ Avery My
Friend M^ Lane of London Informs me was with him y®
29*^ of May & Informed him y‘ he had Rece<J y® Money for
y® Cape Breton Expedition would have wrote but hadnt
oppertunety by y* Conveyance Therefore desired me to
acquaint y Hon'' with it. M' Partridges Packet I forward
LORDS COMMISSIONERS KOR TRADE.
421
to yr Honr from Boston by W™ Burr and am with much
respect
Yr Honrs Most obed‘
Hum'® Serv‘
SAML'^ TALCOTT
To ye Hono'® Jon'' Law Esqr
[Indorsed by Law] Coll' Talcotts July 17 1750 rec^ 2o"i
LORDS COMMISSIONERS FOR TRADE TO GOVERNOR AND
COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT.
Duplicate
Whitehall, July i9"> 1750.
Gentlemen,
It being in general necessary for His Majesty’s Service
and for the Benefit of the Plantations, that the Limits or
Boundaries of the British Colonies on the Continent of
America should be distinctly known, more particularly so
far as they border on the Settlements made by the French
or any Foreign Nation in America; We desire you to send
us with all possible dispatch the best Account you can, of
the Boundaries of his Majesty’s Colony of Connecticut
under your Government, together with a Chart or Map
thereof, all the best Accounts and Vouchers you can obtain
to support the same, and more particularly with relation to
any Settlements that may have been made by the English
on the Frontiers towards the Lakes & Mountains. We at
the same time recommend it to you to inform Us whether
the Subjects of any Foreign Prince, have made any & what
Encroachments on the Colony of Connec'ticut under your
Government, and at what Period ; nor can you be too Exact
in Stating every particular in the History of whatever
Encroachments have been made, which may serve to place
the Proceedings in a true light, & confute any Right which
may at any time be founded upon them. So We bid you
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heartily farewell, and are
Your very loving- Friends
and humble Servants,
DUNK HALIFAX*
J GRENVILLE
CHARLES TOWNSHEND
Gov^ : & Compy : of Connecticut.
[Indorsed] From the Lords Com^s for Trade &c July 19
1750 Rec<i Deer j^th boundaries
JONATHAN LAW TO GEORGE WYLLYS.
Milford August 1750
By Mr Brown Agent for y® controverting Towns I send
to you the several papers that concern y® Case that those
needful to be sent may be separated and if any want further
authenticating, you will do it, as also if any further Evi-
dences are to be found on your Records, you will make out
Copies of them or any thing further be on your files, you will
make out Copies of them. I have seen in Court the Platting
of Safferies Line and y® Comrs protracted which shewed
y® Variation of those Lines from begining to y® end thereof
on Tirconick Mountain not among y® Papers you sent me.
I have also sent a Line to Maj*" Lyman, y® Direction of
which Gentlemen you will take, who will take Care that all
the Evidence they can gain, may be sent me in order to
send it home to our Agent with my Duplicate (if possible
by Capt Bryant Via N york before this month be out)
The Copy you sent me ab* Esq^ Palmers appointment
and y® Grants of his Salery represents his Service to be but
six years and an half and his Salery to be for eight years
one of which after his decease which at least should be dis-
counted by M*- Partridge in making up our Acc‘® as I have
signifyd to him and if you can find y® Rec‘® for eight years
payments it will make y® matter more plain
I have a Petition of y® Boston Ex’"® to lay before the
Assembly for a Bounty notwithstanding the payments have
* George Montagu Dunk, second Earl of Halifax.
JONATHAN 1,A\V. RICHARD PARTRIDGE.
423
been for one if not a year & an half more than the Service
could be as I understand your Copy. I send you a Copy of
my Letter that you may better understand the Difficulty
and Subscribe your humble Servant
JONTH LAW
George Wyllys Esq''
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to M'' Secry Wyllis Aug*** 8 1750
JONATHAN LAW TO PHINEAS LYMAN.
5^
I send to you by Mr Brown That you assist him in
directing Mr Secry in preparing necessary Evidences and
in procuring what may be further needfull for supporting
ye Case as stated ab' the divisional Line The Gov‘ you
know have undertaken in your favour yet the Case is yours
and you cant expect less than the trouble of looking up the
needfull Evidences or the old Saying dropps to ye Ground
Let him that needs blow y® Coal. I am glad to hear from
Gains so good a State of my Affairs att Sheffield which is
confirmed to me by personal Conversation w‘^ Coll' Williams
I am Sr Your friend
and humble Servant
JON'i'H law
Phineas Lyman Esqr
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Phineas Lyman Aug®' 8'''
1750
RICHARD PARTRIDGE TO JONATHAN LAW.
London 6 mo; or Augs' ye nth 1750:
Gov* Law
The last I wrote thee was of the 4th Inst: via N: York
being still without any of thy favours: yet I judg’d it not
amiss to send thee a few lines as I have hitherto had some
share in assisting Col° Williams in his Affairs who was very
well when I saw him last which was a few days since at
Whitehall. As to the money due to your Colony on accot
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of the Canada Expedition granted by Parliament as hereto-
fore advised thee it remains unpaid yet as well as does the
Pay of Colo Williams’s Regiment, the Treasury not having
begun since the rising of Parliament to pay any money on
that accot but they have of late referrd that Affair to W“
Pitt Esqr the Pay Master General to examine into the sev-
eral Claimers Authority for receiving & giving discharges
respectively & take an acco* thereof which when done he is
to report to the Lords of the Treasury & apply to them for
the money to answer the demands & on the lo*^ Instant I
attended for New Jersey & Col° Williams with other Agents
& gave in then the Claimes I was to make accordingly
but the Treasury Board having adjourned their s[ ]ons
till the beginning of next month, the said Pay Master can
make no Report nor Application during the Interval.
As for News the King continues at Hannover Still &
will scarce as its thought return till some time in Novem-
ber. We have had little Alteration in the Ministry of late
only the Duke of Richmond is deceased a few days since
who was Master of the Horse to the King & sustained under
him diverse other considerable postes — for the rest I refer
to the publick prints herewith sent of which I desire thy
acceptance.
With due Respects to thy Self & Gentlemen of the
Council & House of Representatives I remain
Thy assured Friend
RICHD PARTRIDGE
13*^’ Ditto
Since writing the foregoing I have this day rec<i thy
favours via New London dated 25 June & 5 July together
with the Bill of Three hundred pounds on D^ Avery the
Sundry Papers & powers of Agency & Copy of the Assem-
blys Resolve expressing their Sense of my readiness to
Assist Col° Williams in the Colonys Affairs here & appoint-
ing me their Agent at the Court of Great Britain, which I
freely accept of & very gratefully acknowledge their Regard
for me therein and intend to transact their Affairs committed
to my Charge with ffaithfulness and Allacrity. The several
RICHAKl) PAR'IRIDGK.
425
Letters of procuration I think are Sufficiently Expressed &
Authentick. I note the Directions in relation to settling
the acco‘ with the Extors: of Eliak™ Palmer dec^ your late
Agent which I shall observe Accordingly & shall duly
consider the Case respecting the Affair of the Boundary
with the Massachusets & proceed therein according to
advisement with a good Soh I shall employ, but I have yet
rec‘1 nothing from the Colony of Rhode Island relating
thereto hinted at in thy Letter but probably I shall in a
little time. Dr Avery is at present out of Town but expect-
ed home to morrow & then I intend to wait on him.
I am with due respects to the Gentlemen of the Gen-
eral Assembly
Thy & Their Assured Friend
RICRD PARTRIDGE
14‘h Ditto
On my presenting the jCsoo Bill this day to Dr Avery
it was readily accepted he having some time since rec*! Yr
Cape Breton Money. On reconsidering thy Letter of 25
June & looking over the papers that come with it I find
wanting among them Copys of the Act of Assembly in May
1749 & May last also the Case Stated & Evidence to Support
it mentioned in thy letter to be inclosed, but are not, which
therefore thou wilt please to send me as soon as thou canst
without which we cannot proceed, in expectation whereof I
lemain as above
R. PARTRIDGE
as for the prints mentioned in my foregoing Letter I
send them ^ this convey^ to my Friends Andrew Oliver &
Phillips to be forwarded to thee ^ a private hand from
Boston.
[Superscribed] B° sh 7/ To Jonathan Law Esq'" Gover-
nour of the Colony of Connecticutt Milford via Bos-
ton ^ Capt Phillips
[Indorsed] M^ Partridges Letter ii‘^ August 1750
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JONATHAN LAW TO PETER VAN BRUGH LIVINGSTON.
Milford Sep* 13 1750
From the Charecter I have had of you and the Care you
took to forward a Paquett to me which came by the way of N
York I presume to trouble you with the Care of the Pacquett
to Mr Partridge in London our Agent, herewith inclosed to
you
Capt Bryan (I am informd) is bound for London in a
short time Please to send it by him or some other good
Conveyance if any should happen before him and you will
oblige
Your obedient
humble Servant
JONTH law
Mr Peter Van B Livingston
PS I should be glad if you would let me know in a
Line by y® Bearer when and by whom y® enclosd may have
Conveyance J L
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Mr Livingston Sept 1750
JONATHAN LAW TO RICHARD PARTRIDGE.
Milford Septembr 17 1750
Since I closd my Paquett, on the 14th Instant I rec<J
yours of the 23^ of June. The ffees and civil List dimish-
ing* upwards of 800” of our Cape Britton money, must arise
from some new Order or Practice be sure I never heard of
any such thing in any Reimbursement we ever had
I have also reC^ from Mr Hill Clerk of the Board a
Letter with three Acts of Parliament forwarded by your
self with a Post script giving me Instructions, but with no
more clearness in reference to the Obscurity of the Clauses
about which ! have wrote to you whether all those Engines
or only those which should be erected after y® 24‘h of June
♦Diminishing ?
PKTER VAN HRUGM LIVINGSTON.
427
^ire to be abated: Indeed I have never heard of any in this
Colony excepting a Steel furnace erected by Eliot which
has not lately been used Liberty was granted to Colh Jos
Pitkin for erecting a Slitting Mill but never erected
We have many Iron works sett up tho not productive
of a sufficiency for our own Use.
I hoped their Lt^shipps would have promoted a Pre-
mium for raw silk as was granted for Indico, what the
duties are that are taken ’off I know not what it is: and fear
the Insufficiency of y® Encouragement to putt our peaple on
an industrious Improvement
I Subscribe
Your faithfull Friend
and humble Servant
JONTh law
R. Partridge Esq*"
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter to Agent Partridge Sep‘br 17
1750
PETER VAN BRUGH LIVINGSTON TO JONATHAN LAW.
New York Sepf 18^^ 1750
Sir
Your Letter & Packet for Richard Partridge Esqf I
have rec'^ and your Honour may depend that they Shall be
sent by Cap“ Bryant who talks of Sailing this week; I shall
at all times be glad to render you or the Gov“‘ any Service
in my power wherefore when ever you Shall think fitt please
freely to command
May it Please your Honour
Your Honours most Obed. Serv‘
P. V. B. LIVINGSTON
[Superscribed] To the Honorable Jonathan Law Esq*" Gov^
of the Colony of Connecticut at his house in Milford
[Indorsed] M*" P V B Livingston of i8‘^ of Sep* 1750
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RICHARD PARTRIDGE TO JONATHAN LAW.
London 7ber the 19*^ i75°
Gov>' Law
I wrote thee last of the 13 & 14*11 Ult via New York &
Boston to which I refer acknowledging the rec* of thine
dated 25*11 June & 5*11 July with the several papers & powers
of Agency conferr’d on me by your Colony & in my said
Letter expressed the grateful Sense I had of their favour.
As to the Money granted for your Expence in the
Canada Expedition, that affair has been referrd by the
Treasury (as I wrote thee before) to the Pay Master Geni
for him to examine into the respective Agents Authority
for receiving it, & now he has made his Report thereon, &
Since that we have been directed to attend the Lords of the
Treasury which accordingly we did about a week Since — &
were then given to expect that the Warrant woud in a little
time be made out for payment to most of Us accordingly,
& no Objection having been made to my Authority I hope
in about 3 weeks time to be able to advise thee of the
receipt of the money
And as to the Matter of the Boundarys with the Massa-
chusets I shall be waiting for the Papers wrote for in my
last & when they come to hand pursue my Instructions with
what expedii shall be judged requisite.
Col° Williams has of late taken a Journey into the
Country but I dayley expect his return. So that I believe
he Scarcely writes any letter by this Ship, I know nothing
but he is well.
I have at length rec^ an acco* from the Extors of
Eliakim Palmer a Copy of w'^ii comes inclosed — the Ball,
appears thereby to be ^283 16 3 w'=*' is considerably more
due to them than at first we were acquainted with but be-
fore I settle with them I shall duly consult Col° Williams —
if he returns pretty soon.
As for Publick News I refer thee to the prints here-
with sent of which I desire thy acceptance the King is
expected to return from his Germain Dominions some time
RICHARD PARTRIDGE. — ELISHA WILLIAMS. 429
next month —
I am due respects
Thy assured Friend
PARTRIDGE
duplicate
[Superscribed] To Jonathan Law Esq Governour of the
Colony of Connecticut Milford ^ Cap‘ Halloway via
Boston
Boston Novr 19 1750 Rec^' and forwarded by your Excclys
most Humble Serv‘ Benj^* Hallowell
[Indorsed] from Coll° Partridge Septembr 191b 1750 rec‘^
Dec'" 7*b 1750
ELISHA WILLIAMS TO JONATHAN LAW.
London Welbeck Street Octobr 3*^ 1750
Szr
My being unexpectedly out of Town when Capt“ Tal-
cott Sailed, prevented my acknowledging by Him the
Honour of your Favour of June 19*^. I now take the first
Opportunity that Since offers, to make my Dutiful and most
grateful Acknowledgments to Your Honour and the Gen”
Assembly, for their acceptance and kind Notice of any
Endeavours of Mine, to Serve the Colony. I Shall Esteem
it as an additional Obligation on Me, to do any Thing which
may be in my Power, for the future Service of it. Its great
Priviledges I have always Prized, and am Taught, by what
has fallen under my Observation here, to Set a higher Value
upon them, if possible. There are Some who begrutch
them to us and Love us not I dont Say, Tho Such a Man as
Dr Avery may Say, Treat us hardly because we have them.
May God grant Wisdom to the Government at all Times, to
conduct all their Affairs So, as never to give any Handle,
to Such to do injury to it, that may be Watching for it. An
Evil is now Threatening it, as well as all New England
&c — viz — That of a Bishop’s being Sent over, to the
Brittish Colony’s. The Arch-Bishop of Canterbury as well
as y® Bishop of London, with Several other active Bishops,
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are not a Little Engaged in it. and tis much to be feared
will Accomplish it. They are not my Fears alone, but of
many of our good Friends here. Dr Doddridge, from whose
House I came Two Days Since told me, he had lately had
free Discourse, with the Archbishop of Canterbury on ye
Subject, & nothing he could Say, was of any Avail to Divert
Him from the Purpose. What our Friends can Do to pre-
vent it, I hope will be Done. That God Governs, has
always been, & is Still, the great Consolation, of his Church.
What advantage may be taken against us from the present
Dispute between us & the Massachusetts Province about
the Dividing Line, if it comes before the King and Council
I know not, but heartily Wish, The Governments could
Settle it, without bringing it here. I have lately been
Apprized of one Thing, that will prove of no Disservice to
us, in the Case That the Account of what y® Commissioners
did in that affair in y® Year 1713, was probably never Sent
over by the Massachusetts, as Some of their principal Gen-
tlemen, flattered themselves it was, and from which they
expected to receive Benefit. For M^ Bollon their Agent,
has Searched their Several offices, where Such Papers
might possibly be Lodged, and can find Nothing about it,
as I have accidentally Learned from Him
If your Honour Should furnish M^ Partridge, with the
Papers relating to that Case, w®i^ you Mention in Your
Letter to Him, before I Leave London (which I hope may
be in the Spring) shall cheerfully afford my assistance, in
leading Him as particularly as I can into the Knowledge
of it. The Money granted to the Colony, & the Regiment
I hope will be paid before the End of this Month, The next
Session of Parliament drawing Near, it is probable it will
not any Longer be Deferred.
I am Sr with all Dutiful regards.
Your Honrs most Obedient
and very Humble Servant
ELISHA WILLIAMS
The Honourable Jonathan Law Esqr
RICHARD PARTRIDGE
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RICHARD PARTRIDGE TO JONATHAN LAW.
London 8*’®'" the iS**! 1750
Govern^' Lazv
I wrote thee last of the 17“’ Ult vSince which I have had
none of thy favours. This now comes chiefly to acquaint
thee that hearing by Col° Williams Sam' Mason was still
pursuing his Affairs in behalf of the Claim of the Mohegan
Indians & was in expectation of obtaining some more
money of the Governing here for prosecuting his Appeal
against the Colony which has been so long depending — I
thereupon made diligent enquiry concerning it at the proper
Offices & find the Case Stands thus; That for want of
money he cant go on with the Appeal but in as much as by
his Insinuations he had some years since obtained an order
from the Privy Council dated 29"’ January 1740 whereby
his Expence was to be born by the Crown — he got a con-
siderable Sum which in the carrying on of the 2 Coinissions
that were issued & in other Charges it is all expended &
now he has some time’ since exhibited his Petition to the
King in Council for more money out of the ^ C‘ West
India duty — & when he has gained that point he intends to
proceed to a hearing on the said Appeal — But by what I
can learn there is not much encouragm' for him at present
respecting the money altho: the Council have been often
put in mind of it, & that however he may Succeed in
getting a Supply at last, it is not likely to be, till some time
after the King comes over from his Germain Dominions
which may probably be in a months time; I enquired
^ticularly about this affair at the Treasury & dont under-
stand there is much encouragm^ for him from thence. — &
I have also put our Soh Sharpe in mind of it that he may
be on the watch as I shall also & take the necessary meas-
ures in behalf of the Colony to prevent any Injury being
done by Surprize — but it will be attended with Expence.
I have this day obtained a rough Copy of his last Peti-
tion & of the King in Councils Order hinted at above with
an account of his Charges which I send thee inclosed just as
I could have it (there not being time to get it transcribed
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fair) for thy further Information, but I dont know whether
it was not sent thee before by your late Agent, however lest
that was not done I was not willing to omit it now — I
think there is not any thing of them to be found among the
papers — I have paid the Extors of said Palmer in full of
your Colonys Accot & taken a Rec‘ for the same being ^283
16 3 agreeable to that acc‘ I sent thee; I did insist for
abatement on Some of the Articles particularly the last
years Agents Salary paid to Balston & Palmer which to be
sure was over paid, but on the Extors beginning to talk of
Some further Consideration or gratuity for Extr^ Trouble
& Service done in Soliciting the large Sums of money due
from the Government here I thought it best to close with
them without any further ado, lest we should fare worse by
a delay but they seemed willing that Balston & Palmer
might refund it in New England, as the ^400 Currency was
paid for the Agency of the Current Year he dying at about
the Comencem* of that Year, but I hardly dared ask for an
order for it
The Ministry here have not yet began to pay the Can-
ada Expence money but are Still in expectation of it
Shortly which is the present needful from
Thy assured Friend
RICRD PARTRIDGE
I think it is very happy for y® Colony that Col° Williams
happen^ to be here & so luckily getting Intelligence of
Masons affair that we might be on our Guard & prepared
in time for our defence, the knowledge whereof to be sure
I shd not have obtained otherwise so easily, as being ignor-
ant before of y® Case.
R P
[Superscribed] To Governour Law of Connecticutt
Capt Gardner via Boston
[Indorsed] Receiv^ from Coll® Partridg Octob*' 18: 1750
SAMUF.I, mason’s I’prriTlON.
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SAMUEL MASON’S PETITION TO THE KING.
To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty
The humble Petition of Sami Mason Trustee for the
Tribe of Mohegan Indians in America.
Most Humbly Sheweth
THAT the said Tribe of Indians having been very
faithful to the English & of great Service to the English
Settlements in America hath always been protected by the
Crown, but the Colony of Connecticut having in a most
Shameful Manner abused that Tribe & taken from them the
small Tract of Land reserved for themselves out of the Vast
Territories they have freely given up to the English. Your
Majesty in the Year 1737 was graciotrsly pleased to Issue a
comission of Review at your Majesty’s Expense for doing
Justice to said Indians.
But the Assistants of Rhode Island the Judges appointed
in that Comission being in the like case wth. those in Con-
necticut, made a Handle of that Comission & without hear-
ing the Indians gave away the Lands to the people of
Connecticut.
That thereupon your Petitr. as Trustee and Guardian
of the sd. Tribes of Indians came over to Engld to sollict
your Majestys Justice in their Favour who was graciously
pleased to reverse all that the Rhode Islanders had done
and to order a new Comissn. to Issue to other Comissrs.,
and in regard to the great Poverty and Inability of the said
Tribe your Majesty was pleased by your Order in Council
of the 29th day of Jany. 1740. (a copy of which is Annex’d)
to direct that the charges attending the passing the said
new Comissn. and all other Despatches relating thereto shd.
be Defrayd at the Expense of the Crown.
That yr. Petitrs. laying before the Lds. of the Treasury
an Estimate of the charges of Suing out & prosecuting the
sd. new Comission amounting as was then computed to
;^53i : 12 : 7.1/2 a copy of wc. Estimate is annexed No. i.
their Lordships were pleased to Issue that Sum to your
Petitr together with the Charges of Receiving the same out
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of the Duty of 4.1/2 per Ct. then remaining in the Exche-
quer & thereupon the said new Comission on the 8th day of
Jany. 1741 pass’d the great Seal and yr Petir soon afterwds.
carried the same to Connecticutts.
That the Comissrs several of whom came from Nw.
Jersey upwds. of 300 miles to Norwich where the sd. Comis-
sion was executed and sat in Executn. thereof from the 4th.
of May to the 26th. day of Octobr. 1743 and your Petitr.
necessarily paid to the Comissrs. & to the Council & Clerke
who attended the Execution of the sd. Comission on behalf of
the sd. Indians, and after necessary Dispatches relating
thereto the several Sums of Money mentd. in the Annex’d
Accot. No. 2, wch. exceeded wt. the same was estimated
at by the sum of;^2i6 14 : 1.1/2.
That the Major pt. of sd. Comissrs. have given a very
partial Judgmt. in favour of the people of Connecticut, con-
trary to Evidence & appart. Justice of the case, & to the
Opinion of several others of the Comissrs. Yr. Petitr. on
behalf of the sd. Oppress’d Indians, appeal’d therefrom to
yr. Maj’y in Council and your Petitr. imediately afterwards
came over to Engld. where he hath ever since continued on
purpose to prosecute the sd. Appeal for Them, wc. having
been presented to yr. Majesty stands, referrd by yr. Majesty
to be heard before the Comittee of yr. Majesty’s most hon-
ble. privy council and is now ready for Hearing.
That yr. Petir. (almost to the Ruin of his own private
Affairs) has foi* near three Years attended this Matter in
Great Brittain and the sd. Tribe of Indians until Justice be
done on the said Appeal are disposs’d & kept out of Possion
of their Lands and are thereby reduced to the utmost want
& distress & can’t bring on their Appeal to a hearing for
want of Mony necessary to defray the Expence thereof.
That yr. Petitr. hath humbly annex’d an Acct. & Esti-
mate No. 3, of the charges yr. Petitr. is already in disburse
and the lowest Computation of wt. will be further wanting
in Order to bring the sd. Appeal to a final Hearing amountg.
to p^747 : 4 : I-
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That as this will be the last time any such charge can
be repeated on to the Crown there being in the present
Comission (wch. was not in any of the former) a Reserva-
tion of a Final Appeal to either party from the Comissrs.
Judgmt. to your Majesty in Council.
And in Regard to your Majesty’s said Order in Council
of the 29th. of Janry. 1740 and to the notorious poverty of
the sd. faithful Indians. Yor. Petitr. humbly prays yor.
Majesty to order the sd. Honble. the Lords of The Treasury
to Issue to yor. Petitr. Sami. Mason the amount of the sd.
Charges out of the 4 & 1/2 pr. ct. (there being (as yor.
Petitr. is inform’d) a considerable Sum arising from that
Duty now in your Majesty’s Exchequer, or to make such
further Order for giving Relief to the sd. Indians & Enabl-
ing them to bring their sd. Cause to a final Hearing as yor.
Majesty in yor. great Goodness shall think Just.
And the said Poor Tribe of Distress’d Indians shall be
ever bound to pray.
SAMUEL MASON.
JONATHAN LAW TO DUKE OF BEDFORD.*
My Lord Duke
In compliance with your directions to us, and pur-
suant to our Answer of October last, we have prepared an
Account of The Now outstanding bills of Credit of This
Colony, and find The Totall of The Same Amounts To one
hundred and Ten Thousand pounds in Bills of The New
Tenour- — and Three Thousand pounds of the old Tenour,
( There not having been any other than what hath been
called old and New Tenour Emitted In this Colony, and
they bear proportion to each other as one Shilling of The
new Tenour is to Three Shillings & six pence of The old
Tenour: Which Emission of Bills of Credit were made to
defray The Expences of this Colony in the Time of the
Late Warr, and principally in the Taking & Securing Cape
*The letter was not sent in this form. See the next document for its
final draft.
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Breton ; & in forwarding the late Intended Expedition
against Canada, was undertaken In Obedience To his
Majesty’s Comands signified to us by his Grace The Duke
of New Castle; whereof ^15000 in bills of Credit of The
New Tenour were Emitted by Act of Assembly of This
Colony made & passed In October 1744 — and as a fund &
Security for The repayment and drawing in of the said
Bills into the Treasury again, The said Assembly granted
a rate or Tax for the Same to be Levyed on Polls & all
Other rateable Estate of this Colony to be paid unto The
Treasury at or before the last day of May A. Dom: 1755.
^20000 in bills of Credit, New Tenour Emitted by an
Act of Assembly passed In March 1744/5 — and a Fund
was then laid for the repayment thereof, by the Grant of a
Tax of Twenty one Thousand pounds, to be paid in four
Equal payments. The first in May 1752 and The last in
May 1755.
;,C2oooo in bills of Credit New Tenour Emitted by Act
of Assembly in July 1745, and a Tax Then Granted to draw
The Same in at Equal payments The first to be made in
May 1756, the last in May 1759.
^20000 in bills of Credit New Tenour Emitted by Act
of Assembly In May 1746 — and a Tax then Granted for the
repayment of the Same by the first day of May A. D. 1754.
_/j'3ooo in bills of Credit old Tenour, Emitted by Act
of Assembly in May 1746 — and a Tax then Granted for the
repayment of the Same by the i®* day of May 1754.
;/j35ooo in bills of Credit new Tenour Emitted by Act of
Assembly in June 1746 — and a Tax Then granted for The
repayment of the Same by the first day of May A D. 1758 —
all Which Funds are duly made, & expressed in form, &
Directing The Treasurer of The Colony To Issue forth his
Warrants for the Collecting & drawing in the Same again at
the respective Periods afore Said.
As To The rates of Exchange, they have been various,
and this Colony a place of Smal Trade in Comparison with
our Neighboring Province of the Massachusetts Bay, There-
fore begg leave to referr your Lordship To The Accounts
JONATHAN I, AW.
437
from That (lovernment for the respective rates of Exchange,
That Province governing in The affair of Exchange be-
tween us & England, & our paper bills passing at an Equal
Value with the Bills of that Province.
Your Lordship will be pleased to Observe the Act of
the Assembly of this Colony in May 1749 — Transmitted to
your Grace with my last, wherein a Method is Concluded
for sinking & discharging of our bills of Credit, much sooner
than the Periods at first Settled & agreed upon ; and the
Colony are pursuing the Same.
In the upper House
The foregoing Draft for a Letter to the Duke of Bed-
ford, read and approv‘d and ordered to be Transmitted to the
lower House
Test George Wyllys Secretv
In ye Lower House
The Consideration of ye Above Draft Referred to this
Assembly in Octot>r next
Test Jn*^’ Fowler Clerk
Concurd in the upper House
Test George Wyllys SecretY
Gen' Assembly New Haven OcV 1750
In the upper House
The foregoing Draft, for a Letter to the Duke of Bed-
ford one of his Majesty’s principal Secretary’s of State, is
approved of, and a Transcript thereof, Ordered to be Trans-
mitted to his Grace, as soon as conveniently may be
Test George Wyllys SecretY
Non concurred in the Lower House
Test Abr^* Davenport Clerk
In the upper House
Tho® Fitch and Jont>i Trumble Esq’'® are appointed a
Com‘ee to conferr with such Gen'" as may be appointed by
the lower House, on the Difference of the Houses respect-
ing the within Draft for a Letter to his Grace the Duke of
Bedford &c
Test George Wyllys Secretr
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In the Lower House
Major Joseph Fowler, Jonathan Huntington,
Ambrose Whittlesey & Cap‘ Stephen Lee are appointed a
Comtee to Joyn the above Gentlemen for the purpose above
mentioned
Test Abr'^ Davenport Clerk
[Indorsed] Letter to Duke of Bedford May 1750
JONATHAN LAW TO DUKE OF BEDFORD.*
My Lord Duke
In Compliance with your directions to the Gov*' &
Compa of this Colony, & pursuant to my Answer of October
Last, an account is now prepared of the outstanding bills of
Credit of This Colony, The Amount of Them, & The
Respective Times when Such bills were Issued, & The Sev-
eral Times fixed for the calling in. Sinking & discharging
such bills by Taxes granted by Acts of Assembly for that
purpose, with The Amount of S^ Bills in Money of Great
Brittain, both at The Times when such bills were Issued,
& at The Time of preparing This Account — and The Same
is Enclosed & Transmitted herewith To your Grace ; By
which it Appears That There are now outstanding the Sum
of One Hundred & Ten Thousand pounds in bills of Credit
of This Colony of The New Tenour, & Three Thousand
pounds of The old Tenour; There not having been any
other than what have been called old & new Tenour Emitted
in this Colony ; & They bear proportion to Each other, as
one Shilling of The New Tenour is equall to Three Shillings
& Six pence of the old: Which Bills of Credit were made &
Issued to defray the Expences of This Colony in the time
of the late War, & principally in The taking & securing
Cape Breton & forwarding the late intended Expedition
against Canada in obedience to his Majesty’s comands sig-
* This letter is actually dated after Jonathan Law’s death and must there-
fore have been signed by Roger Wolcott as Governor. But as the draft of it was
approved at the October session of the General Assembly, over which Law pre-
sided, it has been thought best to print it here as of that date.
JONATHAN LAW. I’ETER HOURS.
439
nified to this Colony by his Grace the Duke of New Castle —
& Since a reimbursment hath been Granted us for such
Dxpences — The Assembly of this Colony have Ajjpropriated
the Sterling money belonging to us on Account thereof, for
the Sinking & discharging the now outstanding bills afores<i,
Account of which was Transmitted To Your Grace in my
Last, To which I Take Leave To Referr — And am
Your Grace’s
Most Obedient
Hume Servant
New Haven Oct'' i75°-
Geni Assembly Oct^ 1750
In the upper House, The above Draft for a Letter
to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, and the annexed Acco“
of the Bills of Credit outstanding &c referred to therein, is
approved and ordered to be Transmitted to lower House
Test George Wyllys Secretv
Concurred in the Lower House in approving this
Draft &c
Test Abr"^ Davenport Clerk
[Indorsed] A Letter To His Grace the Duke of Bedford
Dec 31 1750 Concerning bills of Creditt
PETER BOURS TO JONATHAN LAW.
Newport Nov'^'" 7*'' 1750
Sir,
I am informed that your Colony determine to call in
Part of your Paper Currency immediately and to draw for
the Sterling money allowed You for the Cape Breton and
Canada Expeditions, I want three hundred pounds Sterls^
and should be glad to be furnished with a Bill of Exchange
from your Government on my complying with the Terms
on which they will be disposed, be pleased so far to inter-
pose as to Secure me this Sum and I will send the Money
on the first notice to pay it.
I shall chearfully ingage in any affair wherein I can
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render You any Service and demonstrate how much I am
Your Honour’s
Most Obedient and
Most humble Servant
PETER BOURS
P. S. a few lines per Post on this Occasion will greatly
oblige me.
HonWe Governor Law
SKETCH OF JONATHAN LAW.*
Milford Nov. 7 1750 Yesterday Morning, after a Short
Illness of the Strangury, Died, the Hon^e Jonathan Law
Esqr Governor of the Colony of Connecticut in the 77*11 Year
of his age. He was Educated at Harvard College in Cam-
bridge and Graduated in the Year 1695; and being well
Accomplished with Academical Learning for those times.
Preached the Gospel a little while and then betook himself
to the Study and Practice of the Law. In the Year 1716, he
was Constituted one of the Judges of the Superior Court, In
1717 he was Elected one of the Councel. In 1724, he was
chosen Deputy Governor and Chief Judge of the Superior
Court. In 1741, he was Chosen Governor. All which
Posts he filled up and Discharged with great Integrity Fi-
delity and Honour. He was a Gentleman of Critical under-
standing in the Law: And tho not an Eloquent Orator Yet
he was a Wise Councellor, and very Judicious Wary and
Steady in all his Conduct. As a Judge he Knew no man,
but was altogether Disinterested and Unbiast, and always
formed his Judgment upon the general Abstract Reason of
things without Regard to any man. As a Governor, he was
a hearty Friend to the Rights and Privileges of the Com-
munity and always steadily pursued that which appeared to
him to be in self right and most conducive to the Public
Good. He was always open and free to ask Councel of
*The author of this sketch has not been identified with certainty; but was
probably one of the Governor’s sons.
SKETCH OF JONATHAN LAW.
441
Others; and would maturely weigh the Reasons offered but
in the midst of a variety of Sentiments, which frequently
happen, he generally pursued his own Judgment He was
little moved by any Popular Noise made by a Party. Yet he
readily Conceeded to that which evidently appeared to be
the universal Current and Fixed Sense of the Community.
So that in this Popular Government he kept a Happy
Medium between the two Hurtful Extreams of being toss’t
about with every Breath of Popularity on the one side, and
ever Tenaciousness to his own Judgment, on the other.
He always kept in his own Mind a most clear, distinct and
Steady view of the public Affairs and his own Scheme of
Conduct, and never Inconsiderately involved himself or
others into any Prcipitant Measures. He was naturally
not very forward to Start any new Scheme or Rejection ;
yet when any was Proposed, he had, upon mature delibera-
tion, an uncommon vSagacity in penetrating into the nature,
and foreseeing the Consequences of it; and events generally
proved according his Expectation; so that he was gen-
erally Esteemed one of the best and most Judicious States-
men in the Country. He was always forward to Promote
the Interests of Religion & Learning in the Colony. And
was a Steady & Hearty Friend to our Ecclesiastical Consti-
tution in Doctrine & Discipline with a proper Indulgence to
all [ ] persons of other Denominations. In his more
private Conduct [ ] very exemplary, never practising
or Tolerating any of the modish Vices of the World, but
setting a Pattern of those Virtues which are most conducive
to the Common good of mankind. He was careful to main-
tain Religion and good Order in his Family, and was a most
Kind Husband & Tender Father. He was naturally of a
very Calm and Serene Temper of Mind, in all Affairs;
which, tis supposed contributed very much to that Health
of Body and Vigor of Mind, which he enjoyed to the last
Stage of Life. He Moderated with his usual Wisdom and
Steadiness, in the last Session of the General Assembly,
which ended but the Day before he was taken 111, and after
about three Days Illness of the Strangury Resigned his
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Mortal Breath, to the great Grief and Sorrow of those who
had Enjoyed the Happy Influences of his Wise Government.
He was this Evening decently Interred, in the Midst of a
Crowd of Mournful Spectators : His Pall was supported by
Six Councellors and two Ministers, and Minute Guns were
Fired by the Cannon of the Town during the Procession
and Interment.
[Indorsed] Gov Laws Character Milford
APPENDIX.
rai'-':
JEAN PAUL MASCARENE.
445
JEAN PAUL MASCARENE TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
i>,
I have receiv’d by Bastide the Honour of yours of
the 8‘h instant and had the pleasure to see soon after Capt"
Tyng in the Province vSnow. the Countenance she affords
us here is of no small Consequence to the Publick service
Especially at this Juncture We had notice a few Days ago
by a passenger that came to some of the Settlements at the
upper End of Our Bay from Lewisburg that they had an
Account at that place of the War being Declared between
Great Britain and France which has Caused no small un-
easiness to a number of People who live out of Our Fort
and the Day before the Snow came a rumour being Spread
that a French Officer with a Great number of Indians and
People from Cape Breton were up our River at a small dis-
tance from this Place the Panick Seized the Women &
Children whom I was Obliged to receive into the Garrison,
this report however proved without Foundation, there is
another more Probable that at Lewisbourg they are fitting
out seven Privateers two already out to Cruise on the East-
ern Coast of this Government in Order to draw Provisions
from our settlements of French Inhabitants at the Upper
End of Our Bay and Secure them from the Sloop the man of
War left at Canso which I am Afraid will prove too weak to
resist the French.
The S‘ Johns River Indians sent four Delagates here
about a fortnight ago I Inclose the purport of the Confer-
ence I had with them could I keep them in peace the
French in Cape Breton would have much less Influence on
Our Inhabitants. It is probable that if they have any
Design on us they will Visit us soon whilst they knew Our
works are in bad repair and Our Garrison weak. I hope
however they will not forget us at home and that the prov-
ince of the massachusetts being so much interested in the
preservation of this Countrey your Excellency will give us
the Countenance & assistance we may at this Time require
446
LAW PAPERS.
Captain Tyng making but a short stay I am obliged to
Write in haste which I hope you will Excuse. I am with
great Esteem and respect.
Sir your most humble and
obedient Servant
P MASCARENE
Annapolis Royall 21st may 1744.
His Excellency Governour Shirley
Copy Examined J Willard Secry
JONATHAN LAW TO JEREMIAH MILLER.
Milford June igti' 1744
Ser
I have been much out of health ever Since my Return
from harford It happend ye Day before I Reed Yours
Colh Lynds Ledyard’s and Esqr Hall’s Bill of Exchange
by the Post, that Lewis of N York was at my house
who undertook to Send 5 or 600I' of Powder by M*" Josh.
Huntington whom I took to be at N York, he took his
name down or by some other he Proposed to convey it up
to his Place at white Stone when Hunting : should call
at his Return: I Gave him an Acet by ye Same Post (?) I
hope it has vSucceeded well yet am in pain till I hear he
told me twold not do to ask ye Gov*" leave I have keept ye
Bill of Exchange as he Dezierd untill I huld here further
from him in hast I opened one of Hulls Letters before I
observed ye Superscription if Hull to whom I Give my
thanks and Sevice thinks it will not do weell for me to Seal
it again I wold send it to him to done de novo I wait
with impaitaince to know the Result of the Congress att
Albany to weh Gov Wolcott &c Comers are gone in ye
Begining of ye Last week I have urgd the Assembly from
time to time to putt you in a better Posture of Defence but
So farr on it has availd you have the advantage of what
so ever you can further add your own Safety obligeth you
to and you must depend on the Ingenuaty of ye Assembly
to Reumburs you of the Charge which Shall ly too heavy
COMMANDINO OFFICER AT OSWEGO.
447
upon you you Know by our Mlitary Law y® Athority &
Selectmen may Sett up a watch As they Shall think proper
We Sett up a watch here y® Last Sumer and again the
this I think it Great pity you wShuld neglect mounting your
Gunns at Harris’s point 1 reed a letter from Governour
Green and the pleasure to remember that I had instructed
Captain Printice to Cruse from Montauk to Gay head in
Consort with the Rhode island Sloop w‘'’ was the thing he
moved to me I have sent Instructions to y® Several Coll*®
your way by the Post w‘'’ hope You will tak some Care of
such as come to your hands Esq^ Sylliman informs me he
hath Sent y® month Provissions he had purcha.sed and I
directed him To purchase for Six weeks more with Service
to Maddam and all oure frindes I Subscribe youre Servant
JONATHAN LAW
To Mr Jer: Miller
COMMANDING OFFICER AT OSWEGO TO
GEORGE CLINTON.*
We have been Informed by Severall Indians that at
Cannada The ffrench are making a Great Number of Snow
Shoes which as soon as done are put into a large Store
House Whether they designe to Travile any where with
them this winter I can’t learn. I acquainted Your Excel-
lency some time agoe that Severall Trusty Indians were
Hunting between this & Cannada one of Said Indians was
here the 13 Instant & told us, he heard from others that the
ffrench Smiths with three or four men were gone from
Kadaraigue in order to go to the Cinikass Country.
We have made it our business to finde out whether the
ffrench Indians had taken up the Hatchett against us. all
we can learn is, that at a meeting between the ffrench
Indians several ffatt Cattle were killed, & presented to
the latter. The ffrench dancing after the Method of the
Indians with the Heads of the Beasts in their hands.
Saying thus we will carry the heads of the English. The
* See Law Papers, vol. I. page 245.
448
LAW PAPERS.
Indians in their turns danced, but said thus will we carry
the Heads of the Flatt Heads, which made the ffrench look
very down, as they undoubtedly hoped to have been Joyned.
We hear a large body of ffrench Indians are to pass
this place next Spring, it’s said they are going to War
against the fflatt heads, this small Army was to have gone
the Last Summer, the noyse of which it seems frightned
away too many of our Traders
If they come this Way shall watch them narrowly, as I
can put no faith in those Directed by a Romish Priest, we
have often Some or other of the five Nations here, who
declares that no french shall distress this place.
[Indorsed by Law] Coppy of Letter from Oswego 1744-5
DAVID WOOSTER TO JONATHAN LAW.
New haven April ye 2^ 1745
May it please your Honour^
I have Completed my Company and am ready to pro-
ceed as soon as I have orders but I want a great many Guns
and having no press Warrant I Can‘ get ’em, therefore I
desire your Honour to favour me with a press Warrant for
whatsoever I Shall want for the Expedition thus from your
Honours
very Humb' Serv‘ to Command
DAVID WOOSTER
[Superscribed] To The Honi^' Jonathan Law Esq'’ att
Milford
[Indorsed by Law] Capt Woosters Letter April 2^ 1745
PILOTS TO ROGER WOLCOTT.*
Newlondon Aprile y® 1745
May It plese your Honnour We y® pilots in ye present
Expidition Against Cap Briton Humbly Beg Leve To
Inform you That We Desier To Know y® Vessels we are To
*As Wolcott was at this time at New London preparing to sail with the
troops under his command, this letter was undoubtedly addressed to him.
ELIAKIM palmer’s ACCOUNT. 449
Take Charge of That We May Receve our Warrents for ye
Same And We Will prepare our Selves Accordingly And
We pray That We May have y® faver granted us of Chusing
ye Respective Vessels We Take Charge off So If your
honnour Can grant our petion We Will forever Pray
ELISHA WEST
JOHN HIGGINS
EDWARD HOLLAND
STEPHEN BURNUM
[Indorsed, perhaps by Wolcott] Motion of the pilotts Ap“
II 1745
ELIAKIM PALMER’S ACCOUNT WITH COLONY OF
CONNECTICUT.
The Colony of Connecticutt with Eliakim Palmer
Dr
1745
July 31. To Cash paid Mr Sharp the Solicitors
bill of charges in the Appeal of
Clark against Towsey the other
half being chargd to Mr Towsey
To Ditto paid Coach hire petty Ex-
pences, Fees to Clerks Doorkeep-
ers &c
To Commission pays & receiver
;^i2i 17 6 @ ^Cent
To Postage of Letters
To Balance due to the Colony
52 17 6
10
Cr
£ 69
1745
July 25.
14 9
64
4
4
IS
By Cash reced of the Executrs of
Francis Wilks Esq 69
London August 1*1 1745
Errors Excepted,
Eliak^ Palmer
29
450
LAW PAPERS.
GURDON SALTONSTALL TO JOHN HUBBARD.
New London SepU the 30. 1745
Thursday last I rec^ Copy of the Govs orders to the
Comisrys (from Maj^ Hamlin) And am someth® at a loss
what Provision to make. I know not what better rule to
act by, then the Estimate wee made for 300 men 2 months,
proportion’d to 350 men 8 months, & unless you advise
otherwise shall pursue that method, as follows — viz‘.
Stores for 300 men 2 m. equal for 350 m. 8 months.
100
bbs meat
466^ my X
is ii6^/g
10
Ton bread
46^
60
busi Peese
250
62%
30
beans
125
31^
16
hh<i® Rum
66^
2
Tierces Rice
8^
2V24
12
bbs Flour
50
12%
3
hh^s Molasses
3%
6
bb® Salt
25
6%
9
C* Sugar
37%
9%
3 00^1
Candles
1250
312J4
30011
butter
1250
3i2j^
800^1
Cheese
3300J4
825V12
200
bus Indian Meal
833^
2o8Ve
with these Exceptions, viz* Mob the Comissary writes he
has bout 800 Gal® and send Flour in lieu of bread, he had
left i8th Sept abt 142 bb® meat 140 bb® French Flour, 13000
bread, & 16 hh<t® Rum
There’s 5 Ct weight Powder to be sold here if you think
best shall buy it. As to Cloathing know not what to pro-
vide, save more Shoes & Shirts, doubtless there must be
Beds & Blankets sent, & thick Cloths for Cloath®, but these
2 last Articles must I conclude be had at York or Boston,
tho’ the quantity am at a loss about. I don’t hear what
success the Enlist® Soldiers obtains. I wish their be no
dificulty in that Spott. Letts know whether they are likely
to be ready by 20*^ Oct°, if not perhaps it won’t be amiss
for the Comrys to meet at the first open® Court, in that Case
JOSIAH WILLARD.
451
hint it to Col° Siliman, I have menf^ it to Maj*" Hamlin,
otherwise I shall probably tarry at home till 2^ week of
Court. I han’t more to add but that I am
Yr Most Ob‘1 Hum' Serv‘
G: SALTONSTALL
P. S. The Soldiers complain y‘ i Jill Rum won’t
answer as they have no Cellars. Bear cant be kept in the
Winter, its not unlikly the Court will alter their Sentim'®
in yt mater.
[Superscribed] To John Hubbart Esq'' att New Haven
[Indorsed by Law] Comissary Saltolstall to Dr Hubbard
?ber 30 1745
JOSIAH WILLARD TO WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
Fort Dummer Octor 12. 1745
May it Please Your Excelleyicy
Yesterday about 12 o Clock the Garrison at the Great
Meadow was Attack’d by an Army of French & Indians &
fought briskly for the Space of an hour & half, but thro
divine Goodness were not able to take the Fort, but Mr
Nehemiah How being about 80 Rods from the Fort, when
the Enemy made their Appearance, was taken by them
before he could get to the Fort, and David Rugg & Robert
Baker being up the River in a Canoe & coming down the
River were Shot upon & Rugg was killed but Baker made
his escape. The most of the Cattle belonging to the People
there are killed. I fear the Enemy have Attackt the Gar-
rison at N° 4., & think tis likely may be Scattered to other
Places about these Parts. The men that were in the Fort
at the Great Meadow are very Confident that they have
killed several of the Enemy, which men fought valiantly &
couragiously. I think ’tis necessary that we should have
more men in these parts for a while seeing the Enemy come
in large Bodies, and we have no Reason to think this the
only Attempt they will make this Fall, and the Connecticut
Forces having been drawn off for a Fortnight or three
452
LAW PAPERS.
Weeks & left us very weak & naked
I am Your Excellency’s most
Obed* & most hum^e Servant
JOSIAH WILLARD
His Excellency Gov^ Shirley
Copy Examd J Willard Secry
DUKE OF NEWCASTLE TO JONATHAN LAW.
Whitehall. March 14th 1745/6.
Sir,
His Majesty having determined to omit Nothing, that
might be necessary for the Security, and Defence, of Louis-
burg ; And there having been great Reason to apprehend.
That an Attempt might be made upon it, by the French,
early in the Spring ; The King was pleased to order Two
Regiments to be sent thither from Gibralter; which. It is
hoped, may be arrived there, before this Time. His Maj-
esty has also ordered another Regiment to be sent from
hence to Louisburg; Part of which are now going on board
Two Sixty Gun Ships, that are ready to sail ; And the Re-
mainder will proceed to Louisburg, with the Convoy, that
will go from hence in about a Fortnight.
Rear Admiral Warren having desired His Majesty’s
Leave to resign the Government of Louisburg, on Account
of the ill State of his Health ; His Majesty has been pleased
to appoint Commodore Knowles to succeed Him: And I
am commanded by His Majesty, to recommend it to You,
in the strongest Manner, That, in case M^ Knowles should
have Occasion to apply to You for Assistance, for the better
Maintenance, and Support, of the Garrison at Louisburg;
either by Raising any Number of Men, to reinforce That
Garrison ; or in any other Manner, that shall be thought
proper; You should use Your utmost Endeavours to furnish
Him with it.
And as M"^ Warren will have the Command of a Squad-
ron of His Majesty’s Ships, in North America; And will
have received His Majesty’s Orders, to concert with Gov-
DUKE OF NEW CASTLE. NATHANIEL STANLY.
453
ernor Shirley, whether It may be practicable, to make an
Attempt upon any other of the French Settlements in
North America; His Majfv has commanded me to signify
to You His Pleasure, That, in case It shall be judged ad-
visable to undertake any Such Attempt; And, in order
thereto, to raise a Body of Land Forces in North America;
You should, in that Case, take the proper Measures for
Raising Such a Body of Men, within the Colony, of which
You are Governor, as may be practicable, to make Part of
Such Force; And to act in Such Manner, as shall be
agreed on.
I need say nothing to persuade You, to exert Your
utmost Endeavours in the Performance of a Service, which
may be of Such great Importance to the Security of His
Majesty’s Dominions in North America; The Safety, and
Protection of which. His Majesty has so much at Heart.
I am. Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
JOHN NEWCASTLE
Governor of Connecticut.
[Indorsed by Law] New Castle March 14^11 1745-6
NATHANIEL STANLY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Hartford June 7th 1746
Honourable S’'
I have Just now rec<i a Letter, from Govr Shurley,
directed to your Houn^ and not [ ]ing what Import-
ance it might be ; I thou[ ] it best to for[ ] it to
your Hou“r with all Speed Accordi[ ] have Sent my
Son with it, the Secretary desi[ ] you [ ] to
Send half a dozen more blanks. Such [ ] he
not haveing quite enough, I sent my Son to [
] wrigh tings your Hounr Sent for, and he Sent
[ ] them to your Houm yesterday, Our
officers are going on [ ] their Enlisting and Say they
meet with prittey good S[ ]
I am S'' your Hounrs Most Obediant
Humble Serv“
NATHL STANLY
To y® Hon^ie Jonath Law Esq^
454
LAW PAPERS.
JONATHAN LAW TO NATHANIEL STANLY.
Milford June 8*1^ 1746 5 o Clock P M.
I [ ] Sent a Copy of Gov^ Shirley’s Letter I wrote
him by the last Post I Suppose Reacht him last night,
Inform’d him that we agreed to Raise 600 And more if they
Should offer themselves and that Some had offered them-
selves to Enlistmen, thot ’twould animate our people if
Co[ ]s for field Officers might be procured and that M[ ]
Walcott & Colh Trumble were Coming to Concert with
[
’Tis Perplex[ ] not Conflict (?) with the
Orders of the [ ] Directs to an Embarca-
tion at N. London for Louisbourg. I have order’d my
Comtee to meet To Morrow I have Sent Six more Blanks.
If any do not Accept y^ Comsns Should be glad of Early
Advice of it, Enough Offer themselves
If my white Gloves are left with You Send them to me
by Some Opportunity I have Rec^ J ohns
J LAW
To Coll [ ] Stanly
[Indorsed] Copy of a Letter To Colff Stanly June 8*1^ 1746
J. OSBORNE TO JONATHAN LAW.
Boston July. 21. 1746.
Sir
Admiral Warren desires the Committee of War, would
forward a Copy of the inclosed to the Several Governments
as mentioned therein, being for distinction to the Trans-
ports.
Accordingly We now Send One to your Honour & hope
You’l give direction to your Vessells to Conform thereto,
I am Sir
Your most hum^ Serv‘
In the Name of the Comtee
J; OSBORNE
The Honbie Jonathan Law Esq
[Indorsed] J Osborn July 21 1746
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS.
455
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS FOR TRADE AND PLANTA-
TIONS AND SECRETARY AT WAR.
To THE Kings most Excellent Majesty
May it Please Your Majesty
In Obedience to your Majesty’s order in Council of the
15^*’ of January last referring to us an Address of the Gov-
ernour & Company of the Colony of Connecticut in New
England in America praying to be reimburs’d the Expences
they have been at, in Assisting to take the Island of Cape
Breton & its Dependencies ; and directing us to Examine
into the Demand made by the said Colony & to Adjust &
Liquidate the same We humbly take Leave to represent to
your Majesty
That we have been Attended upon this Occasion by
Mr Palmer employ’d by the Colony of Connecticut to
Sollicit this Affair, who laid before Us an Acco‘ of the Ex-
pences of the said Colony in the Expedition against Cape
Breton and after the Reduction thereof Sign’d & Attested
upon Oath to be a true Acco‘ by John Whiting, Treasurer
of the said Colony containing ten several Acco‘s of Sundrys
Provided for & Supply’d the Troops of the said Colony in
the Expedition against Cape Breton Sign’d & Attested upon
Oath by the Respective Commissaries and also an Acco‘, in
which the whole of the above mention’d Acco‘® is Com-
prized Entitled
An Account of Sundry Payments and Disbursements
Advanc’d and made to and for the use of the Troops of the
said Colony for Billeting y® Soldiers and to the Several
Commissaries who Provided for said Troops, and for Run
of the Transports in the Expedition against Cape Breton &
for Garrisoning the City & Fortresses of Louisburg.
The Whole amounting to One Hundred and ten
Thousand Two Hundred & fifty One Pounds Five Shillings
Curr‘ Money of that Province with an Estimate thereunto
Annex’d (Sign’d by a Committee of the Gen^ Assembly) of
the Charges arisen & arising for the Troops & Transports
in the pay of the said Colony for Garrisoning the City &
456
LAW PAPERS.
Fortresses of Louisburg Computed till June is‘ 1746 amount-
ing to fifty four Thousand two Hundred & Seventy three
Pounds Seven ShilP & Six pence; But as Palmer had no
Vouchers of the several Particulars of the said Account, or
any other Evidence then what Appears upon the Face
thereof to lay before Us that might Enable Us to Adjust &
Liquidate the same pursuant to the Directions of your
Majesty’s Order in Council We must humbly Submit the
said Acc* a Copy whereof is here unto Annex’d to your
Majestys Pleasure which is most humbly Submitted
MONSON
B: LEVESON GOWER
^ FRANCIS FANE
R PLUMER
Whitehall May 14: 1747
[Indorsed by Law] Report of ye Board May 14*1^ 1747 rec<i
March 21
ORDER OF THE KING IN COUNCIL.
At the Council Chamber Whitehall
THE 27TH Day of May 1747
Present
The Lords of His Majesty’s Most Honble Privy
COUNCILL
Whereas there was this day read at the Board a Report
made by the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations
& his Majesty’s Secretary at War dated the 14th of this
Instant upon Examining into the Acco‘ of the Expences of
the Colony of Connecticut arisen from the Expedition to
Cape Breton & for the Defence & Security of Louisburg
after its Reduction to his Majesty’s obedience, which Ex-
pences the said Colony pray’d to be reimburs’d: It is
thereupon order’d in Council, that the said Report together
with the accots thereto Annexed, Be, and they are herewith
Transmitted to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty’s
Treasury, who are to call the Agent of the said Colony
before them, and to Settle and Adjust the Demand made
THOMAS WEI.LES’ HILL.
457
by the said Colony and to prepare an Estimate of the Ex-
pence in order to be laid before the next Session of Parlia-
ment.
[Indorsed by Law] Order of the King and Council to ye
of Treasury May 27**’ 1747 rec'i March 2i®‘
THOMAS WELLES’ BILL.
Connecticutt Colony
An Accompt of Sundrys (by Order of y« Generali
Assembly) Provided for, & Supplyed the Troops of Said
Colony in the Intended Expedition against Canada
Pr Thomas Welles Commissary
June 1747
9 Tents @ /14
126
0
0
3 months wages & i Third of ye Sloop Dove
@ ;^«52
506
13
4
3 months wages & i Third of a month ye
Sloop Dolphin @ ^£320
1205
0
0
3 months & 2 days wages of ye Sloop Caleb
& Joshua @ ;i^'28o
858
13
4
2696
6
8
Pilotage of ye Sloop Dolphin
9
4
0
423j^ of Iron Pots & Kettles @ 16^
28
4
8
330 Gall® Rum @ 13/6
222
15
0
20 axes & 20 Hatchets & helves to them
43
0
0
1 12 Knapsacks & 196 Spoons & 2 drums
83
14
0
3 Cabooses in Said Sloops & platforms
67
0
0
453
17
8
44 Water Hogs'* & 5 Gong Casks
61
15
0
16 bread Hogs'* @ 16/ & 3 more Dito Water
@ 25/
16
II
0
56 beds @ 47/ & 225** Soap @ 6<*
137
4
6
5 Cords of wood @ 30/ & Cuting of It Short
10
0
0
4 water Buckets 2 hand pumps & Truckage
12
0
0
237
10
6
£33^7
14
10
Commissions @ 2}4 P' Cent
84
13
8
;^3472
8
6
Errors Excepted
Thomas Welles Comissary
Connecticutt Colony ss^ November 17^*’ AD: 1747
Then personally appeared Thomas Welles Esq^ Sub-
scriber to the beforegoing Accompt & made Oath that the
458
LAW PAPERS.
Severall articles therein Contained, are Justly Charged &
were by him provided & Truely Delivered for ye use of y«
Troops Raised in Said Colony for ye Intended Expedition
against Canada
Sworn before me
JoN^H Law Gov^
[Indorsed] Col° Welles’s Acc° 1746
JABEZ HAMLIN’S BILL.
Connecticutt Colony
An acc‘ of Sundrys (by order of the Gen'i Assembly)
provided for & Supply’d the Troops Raised in S^ Colony,
for the Intended Expedition Against Canada
Jabez Hamlin Commisary
1746 July
To 3 hhds of Rum qu 312 Galls @ 14/
218
8
0
To 87 Beds Making Filling & Carting
@
47/6 Each
206
12
6
To 166 Knapsacks Twine & Maks @ 6/3
51
17
6
To 647 yd® of Canvas for Tents @ 7/
226
9
0
To twine & Making the Tents
39
9
0
To Iron Work for the Tents
4
15
0
To Tent poles and hand pumps
29
16
10
To line for the Tents & Knapsacks
19
6
0
To 52 Water hhd® & 25/
65
00
0
To 20 Axes & 20 Hatchets w'*' handles
46
10
To 8 Barrells of Soap
39
16
3
To 19 Loads of Wood Cutt & Splitt
22
10
0
To I doz“ of Water Pails
2
8
0
To 1084 w' of Lead at 2/6
135
10
0
To 792^ of Iron Ware at 1/3
51
13
6
To i86w‘ of Ditto @1/4
12
8
0
To 1200 of Flints @7/6
4
10
0
To Wooden Bowls platters &c
10
14
0
To an Express Sent to Weathersfield
0
10
0
To two Express’s Sent to N. London
5
00
0
To freight & Truckage of Chests fee
8
4
6
To 30 wt of Candles
4
10
0
To Cash pd Abbot for freight of Goods }
from Hartford
8
18
0
To Sundry Tin Measures
I
3
6
JABEZ HAMLIN S BILL.
459
To p‘‘ a Carp' For 3 Cabous’s @ 4 10/8
To the Mason for Bricks Lime & I8uilding
the Cabous’s S
To Iron Work for the Cabous’s
To 3 Iron Forks & 3 Iron Ladles
1312 o
21 12 o
35 b I
360
84 7 7
To the hire of the Schooner Adventure a ]
Transp' Burthen 92^ Tons 3 Months j.
& 17 Days @ 4 ^ Ton ^ Mo: J 1316 2 o
To the hire of the Sloop Lark a Trans- |
port Burthen 94 Tons 2 Months & 15 j-
Days @ 4 ^ T. Mo: j 940 00 o 2256 02 o
To the hire of the Sloop Nabby a Trans- ]
port Burthen 64 Tons 2 Months @ |.
4 £ w Ton ^ Mo:
j 512
00
0
To 6 Draw Buckets at 6/
I
16
0
To 4 Tonnels with Iron Nosels
2
4
0
To 3500 of Boards for Platforms
27
3
0
To Cash pd for Pilotage of y« transp'*
14
00
0
To Cash pd for Runing Bullets.
3
19
0
561 2 o
To Cummishons @ 2^ ^ C‘
;^4io7 9 8
102 13 8
;^42I0 3 4
Errors Excepted
Jabez Hamlin
Connecticut Colony ss‘ November 17‘h A D 1747
Then personally Appeared Jabez Hamlin Esqr Sub-
scriber to the Beforegoing Accompt & Made Oath That the
Severall Articles Therein Contained are Justly Charged and
were by him provided and Truly Delivered for ye Use of
the Troops Raised in Said Colony for y® Intended Expedi-
tion Against Canada
Sworn before me
Jon^h Law Gov'’
[Indorsed] Col° Hamlin’s Acc° 1746
460
LAW PAPERS.
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
The HonPi^ London Nov'' 18, 1747
Jonathan Law Esq^
My last to your Honour was the 26 Aug* a Copy of
which has already been Transmitted, since which nothing
Material has happen’d in the Colony’s Affairs. We have
some Difficulty with the Lords of the Treasury about setting
the rate of Exchange at which the money due for Disburse-
ments in the Expedition against Cape Breton shall be paid
which when done we are in hopes that provision will be
made this Sessions of Parliamt for Discharging that Account,
altho’ I am apprehensive of some Delay for want of the
Particulars of that part of it which came to me under the
Title of an Estimate of the Charges arisen & arising for the
Troops & Transports in the Colony for Garisoning the City
& Fortresses of Louisburgh Computed till June i, 1746
amounting to ^^542 73 7 6 which Acco‘t I have long been
Expecting, as the Necessity of having it must appear to yo'
Honr I am*
HEZEKIAH HUNTINGTON’S BILL.
Connecticutt Colony
An accompt of Sundrys (by order of the General Assem-
bly) Provided for & Supply’d the Troops of said Colony in
the Intended Expedition against Canada
Hezekiah Huntington Commissary
(viz) June 1746
3 hogsheads of Rum q‘ 337)^ Gallons @
13/6
;^227
13
3
73 Beds for the men
150
13
2
166 Spoons
12
9
0
a Store house frame
18
0
0
7 Chest for the arms
16
15
0
6 Iron pots for 2 Cabooses w' 271 X"
16
6
4
8 Ditto for the Camp w* 268"
15
12
8
8 Doz : of mess Bowls @ 60/
24
0
0
♦Written on same sheet with his letter of April lo, 1748.
HEZEKiAH Huntington’s bill. 461
5m 10'' Nails for Store house
12
10
0
34 water Hogsheads @ 25/
47
10
0
18 Gang Casks
22
10
0
8 Ship Buckets
6 Cord of Wood Cutting & Splitting fitt for
3
4
0
Caboose
6
4
0
169 Knapsacks
64
2
6
10 hand Pumps
Paid Cap' Daniel Smally for one months )
Wages as a pilot f
5
0
0
14
0
0
175
0
6
Paid for Piloting Schooner delight from [
Norwich to New London and Back \
5
0
0
Irons for banding the Doctors Chests
Paid Doctr Lothrop Suplying ye Chests }
4
3
0
with medisons ' 1
973
II
9
Paid Ditto for Chirurgry on a Soldier )
Wounded before the Encampment S
9
5
' 0
Irons: Bricks: Planks: & making 2 Cabooses
18
16
3
1010
16
0
the Hire of Brig'“ Elizabeth 79^ tons at ]
4^ a ton month mon"' & 3 j-
Days j
1144
16
0
hire of Schooner Delight 76 tons 3 m"
9 Days
1003
4
0
3210 feet oak Boards for Platforms and 1
Store house 1
23
5
6
2171
5
6
housing of Soldiers baggage and Trans- ^
porting them to & from N. London \
/20
0
0
20 Wood axes & 20 hatchets
32
0
0
Putting helves in them
2
0
0
6 peaces of Cod line for the knapsacks
9
4
0
a Standard for the Regiment
15
8
0
78
12
0
£39^7
3
5
Commissions @ 2^ ^ Ct
97
i3
7
£40^5 2 o
Erors Excepted
Hez: Huntington
Connecticutt Colony
S® Milford Novemr 19‘h 1747 Personaly appeared
Hezekiah Huntington Esq*" Subscriber to the foregoing
acc‘ and made oath that the Several articals therein Con-
tained are Justly Charged and Ware by him Provided and
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truly Delivered for the use of the Connectieutt Troops to
be Imployd in the Intended Expedition against Canada
Sworn before me
Jon’^^ Law Gov'^
[Indorsed] Col° Huntington’s Aee‘ 1746
GURDON SALTONSTALL’S BILL.
Connecticut Colony
An Accompt of Sundrys (by Order of the General
Assembly) Provided for, & Supply’d the Troops of said
Colony, in the Intended Expedition against Canada.
^ Gurdon Saltonstall Commissary
1746 June
88 Beds for 2 Men each, Straw & filing
£232
17
I
167 Knapsacks
68
17
9
20 Codlines 60 fath™ for Knapsacks & Strets
Tents
31
14
46 Iron potts for the Camp & Cabooses
85
5
4
133 Gallons Oatmeal for the Sick
housing of Soldiers Baggage & & transp‘“ ]
to & from New London to their resp‘e }.
quarters J
36
II
6
31
14
6
Bricks, Joist, Plank & Nails for Cabooses
/41
12
10
3 hogsheads BB^s Rum cents 332 Gaps
at 14/
Cans, Ladles, Pails, Nails, Padlocks, ]
Gimblets, Steelyards, Shovels & Soap, [
for the Stewards J
232
8
46
8
5
Mending sundrys Drums & Small Arms
2
10
800 Flints ;£5, bb Powder ;^ioo
105
Cartridge paper, hand pumps, bucket- ]
ropes, tarpawlss for Arm Chests, [
Water hh^s & Lead J
22
II
10
Gallon, Quart, Pint, half pint & Jill Tin]
measures, Tunels, Candlesticks, Tap- 1
boarers. Spoons & Trenchers for Sev- ■
29
10
6
eral Stewards J
22>^ Candles, 2 Grinstones, 20 hatchets )
20 narrow axes & hospital Frame )
77
6
II
Labourers Cutting Wood, filing Water )
for the Transports )
35
19
0
32 Cord of Wood for the Transports &
Camp
487 2
320 9 3
168 5 2
50 I 6
GURDON SALTONSTALL’S BILL.
463
4009 feet pine Boards for hospital & Store-
house
52 y‘'“ Toe Cloth for enlarging Tents
pins for Stretch*: Tents & boards for plat-
forms
350 Tent poles, & making with Kings &
pins
10 brass bullets Moulds various Sizes
200" Lead 50" Powder & 600 Flints for )
Capt Huets Compy when ordered to |
be ready at an hours Warng to march
for Boston, when an Invasion was I
feard |
3 Months hire of Schooner major a ;^36o
^ m'
3 Months Ditto Brigantine Dolphin a 372
^ m<
3 Months Ditto Sloop Secess a 340 ^ m'
Wharfa & Water for the Transports
Damage done a field of Corn & Fences]
on the neck of Land where the Reg' j.
Encampt j
Medicine & Attend"® Doc' Palmes ]
(after the Regem' decampt) for divers !
Soldiers left Sick, & one having Lost 1
a Leg j
Caboose Irons, Arm Chest, hinges, flesh ]
forks handkeefs. Mattocks, Spades &
boils y® Camp pots J
Drawbuckets, Scowhire, water hogsheads ]
bread Cask, Tunnels, Gang Cask for j-
each Transport & Cooper® of Sundrys J
Materials for 24 Sick men at John Rob- ]
erts’s (one having Lost a Leg) At-
tend®® Victualg Watchers wood wash- j
ing, damage to bedding &® j
Ditto for Sundry Soldiers sick at divers (
other houses, attend®® Victualling &® 1
Unlading Stores out of Transports, & )
house them, & Lighter hire therefor )
48 2 2
19 15 10
3 II 4
(>7 2 6
17 10 o
50 8 10
3(19 18 I
1080
1116
1020
19 19 6
59 6 o
76 14
3371 19 6
102 13 6
215 12 II
270 14 II
95 6 10
29 2 713 10 2
;^543I 2 4
Commissions @ 2}4 ^ C' 135 15 6
;^5566 17 10
Errors Excepted
G: Saltonstall Comisssy
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Connecticutt )
Colony ss‘ ) Milford Nov^ 19*^’ 1747 Personally Appeard
Gurdon Saltonstall Esq^ Subscriber to the aforegoing Ac-
compt, & made Oath, that the Several Articles therein
Containd are justly Charged, and were by him Provided &
truely deliver’d for the use of the Connecticutt Troops to be
Emply’d in the Expedition Intended against Canada
Sworn before me
Jon^h Law Gov''
[Indorsed] Col° Saltonstall’s Acc° Canada Expedition 1746
Sworn Nov'' 19. 1747
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN L,AW.
London io‘*' Aprill 1748
Sir
The above* is a Coppy of my last Letter to your
Honour to w^h I have but just time to add (by way of
Bristol) that the Parliament have at last Voted Twenty
eight Thousand eight hund^ & odd pounds to the Colony
of Connecticut to reimburse them their Expences in the
Expedition against Cape Breton : But how soon & in what
manner the money will be paid is not yet Determind ; That
Affair lyes w'*' the Lords of the Treasury whom I shall
duely upon it & by the next Oppertunity write you more
particularly about it in the meantime I remain
Yor Hon's & the Colonys
Faithf'i humie Serv'
ELIAKM PALMER
[Indorsed by Law] Agent Palmers April 10 1748 rec^
July 8
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LA'W.
Copy
London ii Apr 1748
The Bearer being as I am informd to stay longer than
was Expected gives me an Oppertunity of Acquainting
♦Dated Nov. i8, 1747.
ELIAKIM PAI.MER.
your Hon'' that I have had some Hints given me that it -will
be Necessary to produce Authenticated Acco^® of the
Colonys Disbursm‘s till the June 1746 in Garizoning the
City & Fortresses of Cape Breton of which there have only
been Estimates Transmitted. I should also be glad to be
Inform’d at what Periods the Bills Issued for Carrying on
the Expedition are made payable & hope I shall have a
Copy of the Act Authorizing such an Emission sent me by
the first Oppertunity, being Apprehensive it will be Call’d
for, & is all I have to add at present but that I am
Your Hon's & Colony’s
most Faithfull hum® Serv‘
ELIAKM PALMER
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
London Apr 25 1748
N’"
Having already wrote your Honour by this Convey-
ance I have only to add thereto that there is just Arriv’d
an Express from Lord Sandwich the British Minister at Aix
La Chappel importing that Prelimanary Articles for a Gen-
eral Pacification have been sign’d by his Lordship & the
Ministers Charg’d with the Affairs of France & Holland, in
which it’s said England & France are Responsible for the
Kings of Sardinia & Spain, but no Mention is made of the
Emperour, we have no Certain Acco* made Publick of the
Terms of this Peace, but nobody doubts the Restitution of
Cape Breton, when I can learn any thing further that can
be depended upon it shall be Communicated to your Honour
by S'
Yo' Hon's & y® Colonies
most Faithfull Serv^
ELIARW PALMER
To the Honbie Jonathan Law Esq
[Indorsed] Agent Palmers April 25 1748 rec'^ July 8'^
30
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DUKE OF BEDFORD TO JONATHAN LAW.
Sir
Duplicate
* Whitehall 7th May 1748.
The King’s Plenipotentiary & those of His most Chris-
tian Majesty & the States General of the United Provinces
having signed at Aix la Chapelle on the igti’ of April last O
S. Preliminary Articles for restoring a General Peace, and
in consequence whereof His Majesty has been pleased to
order a Proclamation to be published declaring a Cessation
of Arms, as well by Sea as Land, which I send You here-
with inclosed ; I am commanded by His Majesty to signify
to you His Pleasure, that you cause the same to be publish-
ed in all the proper Places under Your Government to the
end that all His Majesty’s Subjects there may pay due Obe-
dience to, & astrict Observance of the same
I am. Sir
Your most Obedient
humble Servant
BEDFORD
Gov'’ of Connecticut.
[Indorsed] Duke of Bedfords Letter of y® 7*^' of May 1748
reed July 29^1'
Russel Duke of Bedford
ELIAKIM PALMER TO JONATHAN LAW.
Copy
London 24 May 1748
S'"
Since my last to your Honour which was the 25th of
last Month I have been favourd with yours of the 20 Nov'
& 27 Jany, Accompany an Acco* of the Colony’s Disburse-
ments for Arms Cloathing &c, Supply’d the Regiment
rais’d for the Intended Expedition against Canada, which
Account being just come to hand I have not yet been able
to make Application for a Reimbursement thereof but shall
do it as soon as I have prepar’d an Account of the pay &
ELIAKIM PALMER. RICHARU ALDWORTH.
467
Subsistance due to the Officers & Soldiers of that Regiment
from the Muster Rolls which have been Transmitted to me
under the Seal of the Colony. I have also Rec'J Copy’s of
the Letters that have Pass’d between your Honour & Gov-
ernr Shirley in relation to the pay of these Troops, &
Observe his Backwardne.ss in Passing the Accounts agreable
to Instructions sent him & M'’ Knowles for that Purpose,
but still hope as they are so well Authenticated I shall be
able to get over the Difficulty which that Circumstance may
Occasion, in order to which no Endeavours of mine shall be
Wanting in the mean time I remain
Yo^ Honours & the Colonys
most faithf’ Serv‘
ELIAKM PALMER
P S
the Emperour has Acceeded to the Preliminaries for a
peace mention’d in my last to have been sign’d at Aix La
Chappelle by the Ministers for Great Britain France & the
States General & we hear the King of Sardinia has Declared
in favour of them, but we are still at an Uncertainty in
regard to Spain
To the Honbie Jonathan Law Esq
[Indorsed] Eliakim Palmers letter May 24 Rec*! Agust 26
1748
RICHARD ALDWORTH TO COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
Whitehall 2']^'^ August 1748.
Gentlemen
The Lords Justices having, in obedience to His Majes-
ty’s Commands, caused a Proclamation to be issued for
taking off the Prohibition of Commerce between His Maj-
esty’s Subjects and those of His Catholick Majesty. I am
commanded by their Excellencies to Send you a Copy of
the said Proclamation, and to Signif}^ their Directions to
you that you cause the same to be published in all the
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proper Places under your Government
I am Gentleman
Your most obedient
bumble Servant
RI: NW: ALDWORTH*
Gov*' & C° of Connecticut
[Indorsed by Law] Aldworths Augst 27 i74[ ]
DUKE OF BEDFORD TO COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
Duplicate
Whitehall 6 February 1748/9
Gentlemen^
A Definitive Treaty of Peace & Friendship having been
concluded at Aix la Chapelle the 7^1^ Day of October last by
the Plenipotentiaries of His Majesty, the most Christian
King, & the States General of the United Provinces, to
which the Empress Queen of Hungary, the Kings of Spain
& Sardinia, the Duke of Modena, & the Republick of Genoa
have acceded, & the Ratifications thereof having been since
exchanged. His MaU has been pleased to command me to
transmit to you, the Proclamation which he has thought fit
to issue on that Occasion, & to Signify his Pleasure to you
that you cause the same to be published in all the proper
Places, in your Province, to the End that all His Subjects
do take Notice of His Royal Will and Pleasure therein
and conform themselves thereto accordingly
I am Gentlemen,
Your most humble Servant
BEDFORD
Govr & Compy of Connecticut.
[Indorsed] Duplicate D Bedfords order for Proclamation
of peace feb 174®
*No explanation can be given for the insertion of a middle name here,
unless it be the fact that he was a resident of Newmarket.
DUKE OF BEDFORD.
469
DUKR OF BEDFORD TO COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
Whitehall 19‘h July 1749.
Gentlemen,
Upon the 30*'’ of May last, the House of Commons pre-
sented an humble Address to the King, desiring, “that His
majesty would be graciously pleased to give Directions, that
there be laid before that House, in the next Session of Par-
liament, an Account of the Tenor & Amount of all the Bills
of Credit which have been created & issued in the several
British Colonies & plantations in America, as well those
under Proprietors of Charters, as under His Majesty’s im-
mediate Commission & Government, that shall be then out-
standing, distinguishing the Amount of the same, in each
Colony, or Plantation, & the respective times when such
Bills so outstanding were issued, with the Amount of the
said Bills in Money of Great Britain, both at the times
when such Bills were issued, & at the time of preparing the
said Account, & also the Times fixed for the calling in,
sinking & discharging such Bills, and the Funds appro-
priated for that purpose;” And I am now in Consequence
thereof, commanded by His Majesty to signify His pleasure
to you, that you should order all such Accounts, so far as
they relate to your Government, to be prepared & trans-
mitted forthwith to me, that I may lay the same before His
Majesty, & receive His farther pleasure thereupon, with
regard to their being laid before the Parliament.
I am. Gentlemen,
Your most obedient
humble Servant.
BEDFORD
Gov'' & Company of Connecticut.
[Indorsed] Duke of Bedfords July ig**' 1749 rec*! Septemb''
22<t
Relating to public Bills of Credit
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THOMAS PALMER TO COLONY OF CONNECTICUT.
Colony of Connecticut, ss.
To the Honourable Jonathan Law Esq'' Governour and
Commander in Chief in and over said Colony, the Hono'^ie
the Assistants and Representatives in General Court Assem-
bled 1750.
The Memorial of Thomas Palmer of Boston in the
Province of the Massachusetts Bay Esq' One of the Execu-
tors of the last Will & Testament of Eliakim Palmer late
of London Esq' deceased.
Humbly Sheweth,
That the Said Eliakim had the Honour for several
years before his death to Act as Agent for this Colony at
the Court of Great Britain, and with great Zeal & Fidelity
discharged this important Trust that your Honours were
pleas’d to repose in him, having (as your Memorialist
apprehends,) always steadily pursued such Measures as he
Judged would be most for the Interest of this Colony, and
it was a great Satisfaetion to him that his Conduct and
Services had your Honours Approbation.
That the said Eliakim for sometime before his death
was almost constantly Employed in Applying to the Parlia-
ment of Great Britain for a Grant to be made the Colony for
reimbursing them the Expences they were at in the Reduc-
tion of the Island of Cape Breton to the Obedience of His
Majesty, and as this was an Affair of great Consequence to
the Colony, he was indefatigable in the Prosecution of it,
and so closely Engaged himself herein both before and after
the Grant was made, that it was generally thought by his
Friends, in London (as appears by Letters) that it brought
on him the Illness of which he dyed, to the inexpressible
Loss of his Family & Friends.
That for this extraordinary Service your Memorialist
humbly Apprehends, his Testator never received from the
Colony any Consideration or Allowanee, thd indeed there
has been no Application as yet made to your Honours
therefor.
THOMAS PALMER. BENJAMIN AVERY.
471
Your Memorialist would therefore now humbly pray
that your Honours will be pleased to take the premisses
into Consideration, and make such an Allowance to your
Memorialist in his Capacity aforesaid, for the extraordinary
Pains, Care & Trouble his Testator was at in managing and
transacting the Buisness aforesaid as to your known Justice
and Equity shall seem reasonable.
And your Memorialist as in Duty bound, shall pray &c.
THOMAS PALMER
[Indorsed] Memorial of Tho® Palmer Esq^ 1750
BENJAMIN AVERY TO JONATHAN LAW.
Honoured S’’
I hope the Letters I wrote your Honour in Febrv &
March last have, before this Time, reach’d your Hands: in
which, among other Things, I returnd you. Sir, & y®
Colony my sincere Thanks for ye Favour you & they had
done me, in appointing me your Agent in the Room of my
worthy dec^i Friend El™ Palmer Esq*': & acquainted you
how absolutely inconsistent I found it w* my other Engage-
ments to accept of this important Trust; desiring you, S^,
& the Assembly would be pleas’d to appoint some more
proper Person to this Office; & this I hope was done in May
last; when, as Coll° Williams informs me, your Assembly
uses to meet.
I therein farther sent you word that I had presented a
Memorial to the Lords of the Treasury, requesting, that
they would pay me the 28,863"; 19®: i<^, due to the
Colony, on the Account of the Louisburg Expedition ; for
the receiving of which you had sent me Sufficient & full
Powers. And now I am to acquaint you, that, after some
Months Delay, I have received that Sum at the Exchequer;
& have paid it into the Bank of England : where it will lie
to answer any Bills which your Honour has drawn, or may
draw, on me, pursuant to the orders of the Assembly of
which you favored me with Copies.
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Out of the 28,863'!: 19S: i<i^ I have paid for Fees at
the Treasury & Exehequer, of whieh I keep, & Shall send
you, a particular Account 144!!: 4®: i*', & since I reced it,
I have paid Thomas Lane 400!’ ; & took up the Bill which
your Honour had advised me that you had drawn on me, in
favor of Lieutent Coll° Talcott; & which Talcot himself
told me he had left with M'' Lane, when he took his leave
of me, on his Return to Connecticut. So that the Sum re-
maining in my hands is 28,322!!: i5®!^: of which I send
you this Notice, that your Honour may draw on me for it
as soon as it suits your Convenience.
When Mr West, the Secretary to the ChancelF of the
Excheqr, gave me the Warrant for y® Money, he desir’d me
to acquaint my Constituents, that he had had a pretty deal
of Trouble in expediting this Affair; & that the Province of
ye Massachusetts had order’d him a Small Present as an
Acknowledgment of his Civility. But what that was, &
why given, the Gentlemen concern’d in managing the Mass-
achusetts affairs will be better able to tell you than I am.
I hope Orders & Powers have been, or soon will be,
sent to Mr Storke, Mr Partridge or some other proper Per-
son, to Sollicit & receive what is due to the Colony, on
Account of the design’d Expedition against Canada: for
the SolHcitations & attendancy, that are quite necessary on
occasions of this Nature, take up so much Time, that were
I to undertake this Business, I must neglect other Matters,
in which I have been preingag’d & to which I have been in
a Manner train’d up, & for many years accustom’d. I think
both the Colony & the Regiment have been very hardly
used: I did what I could to procure both for the One &
the Other more proper & Suitable Aeknowledgments for
their respective Services ; & it would have given me great
Pleasure had my Attempts been attended with more desir-
able Success.
Will you be so good. Sir, as to make my Compliments
to the Assembly ; & assure both your Self & them of my
best Wishes & Endeavors for the Service of Connecticutt.
F.LIAKIM palmer’s EXECUTORS’ HILL.
473
I am, with great Respect,
Your Honours most obliged
& Obedient humble Serv‘
BENJ. AVERY.
Guy’s Hospital 6 June 1750.
[Indorsed] Doc‘>' Averys Letter 6 Aug' 1750.
ELIAKIM PALMER’S EXECUTORS’ BILL.
The Governor & Colony of Connecticut Acco' with the
Ex'"® of Eliakm Palmer Deceased.
Dr
1745
July 3i» To Cash paid M' Sharp of his Bill in Clarke’s
Appeal against Towsey ^ Acco' Sent
To sundry Expences on D° at Different Offices
1746
Feb'y 24 To Cash paid Fees & Extra Expences Soliciting
an Order for Council for Examining the
Acco' of Disbursm's in the Expedition ag®'
Cape Breton
1747
July 30"> To Ditto paid M' Sharp fees for said Order
To ditto pri M' Webb for Soliciting Reimburs-
ments of Expences in the Expedition ag“'
Cape Breton
1748
June 27 To D° paid fees at the Plantation Office for
Representation to the King upon the Col-
onys Adress for their Reimbursments of
Expences in said Expedition which was
Referrd to the Lords of Trade
1749
Apr 2 1 To Ditto paid Mr Sharpe on acco' of his Bill of
Charges for Regulating the paper Currency
in the Colony
To Ditto for Ballance of said Bill
To Expences of Attending the Parliam' House
upon Ministry of Stale at the Council &
Treasury & other Offices by M' Palmer
late Agent
To Comiss" on paying & Receive ;^'2 5i 19 3
Yz ^ Cent
To Interest during Disburse
To postage of Letters & Packetts
52 17 6
II 6 9
43 3
8 15
21
5 5
26 5 o
114 7
52 10
I 5 2
12 7 I
3 14 9
;^352 16 3
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1745
July 25 By Cash of the Extors of Francis Wilks 69
By Ballance due to the Extors of Eliakim
Palmer
283
16
3
;^352
16
3
London 24*1’ Aug®t 1750
Error Excepted
Beeston Long \
Henry Norris Jr >•
Exrs to
E
: Palmer dec<i
Palmer )
Q whether Governr Law has
Remitted
to
Boston the
late Mr Palmers Salary in full as Agent for Connecticutt
Copy
Acco' of Interest Charged on Acco' on the other Side
yrs
mo
ds
4
3 from 31st July 1745 to 24‘>' Aug^t 17501s 5
0
24
16
5
5
43
3 24 Feb^y 1746 to D°
3
6
0
7
II
I
8
15 30 July 1747 to D°
3
25
I
6
10
21
I Ap' 1748 to D°
2
4
3
2
9
3
55
5 27 June D° to D<>
2
I
28
II
4
26
21 Ap: 1749 to Do
I
4
3
I
14
29
17
10
Deduct £6g from 25''' July 1745 to D°
5
I
17
10
9
Ball® due for Interest
£^2
7
I
[Indorsed] Acco‘ of Extors of Eliakim Palmer late Agent
for the Colony of Connecticutt
CONCLUDING NOTE.
The paper.s of Governor Jonathan Law are completed with the
i.ssue of this, their third volume. They cover the period of the Old
French War, including the capture of the important fortresses at
Louisburg; the raising of a regiment for an intended expedition
against Canada; deal with the troubles and delay over the reimburse-
ment of the expenses of these actual and intended expeditions; the
frequent alarms caused by the Indians and the sending out of garrisons
to protect the frontiers; the issue and redemption of bills of credit;
the attempted revival of the intestate estates law; the still unsettled
Mohegan Indians case; the boundary troubles with Massachusetts;
show the exchange of numerous letters upon many subjects of mutual
interest with the authorities of the adjacent colonies; and most import-
ant of all, in a political sense at least, the correspondence with the
officials of the home government in England and with the agent who
looked after the Colony’s interests there.
The troublous times of the Colony are clearly shown, the sturdy
character of the governor well brought out, and personal touches now
and then enliven the official correspondence.
These papers, with the two volumes of Governor Joseph Talcott
papers which have preceded them, form an unbroken series of official
correspondence covering a quarter century up to 1750; a series which
has not been and perhaps cannot be duplicated by any other of the
American colonies for the same period. They show that it is not,
although it has sometimes been so considered, a barren period of colo-
nial history; but one that is full of interest, activity and important
happenings.
These volumes also show the wealth of original manuscript
material which the Connecticut Historical Society possesses ; for
only 89 out of the 881 letters and documents contained in the three
volumes are taken from other sources than the Society’s archives. Of
these 38 are copied from originals among the State Archives in the
Connecticut State Library, 37 from the Massachusetts Historical Soci-
ety, four from the New York Public Library and one from the Public
Record Office in London. From sources already in print nine docu-
ments have been reprinted. The transcript of the Muster Roll of
Colonel Elisha Williams’ regiment, from the original in the Public
Record Office, was presented by our honorary member, the late Benja-
min Franklin Stevens, F. S. A., of London.
476
LAW PAPERS.
• To the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Connecticut State
Library, the New York Public Library, and to their ofiBcials, the
thanks of this Society are returned for the use of selections from
their manuscripts and for courtesies extended in connection therewith.
Duplicates of nine letters printed from and credited to other
libraries are in this Society’s possession. They are:
Board of Trade to Colony of Connecticut, June 8, 1748.
Duke of Bedford to Colony of Connecticut, June 28, 1748.
Duke of Bedford to Colony of Connecticut, Aug. g, 1748.
Eliakim Palmer to Jonathan Law, April 15, 1749.
Duke of Bedford to Colony of Connecticut, Aug. 4, 1749.
Thomas Hill to Colony of Connecticut, Aug. 28, 1749.
Lords Commissioners for Trade to Governor and Company of
Connecticut, July 19, 1750.
Richard Partridge to Jonathan Law, Aug. 13, 14, 1750.
Richard Partridge to Jonathan Law, Oct. 18, 1750.
A greater number of documents therein is considered a sufficient
reason for the slightly smaller type used in printing the third volume.
ALBERT C. BATES,
Chairvian of the Publication Comt?iittee
and Editor of the Law Papers.
The Society’s Library, Dec. 24, 1914.
INDEX.
Ahhey, John, soldier, 150.
Abbot, mentioned, 458.
Abbot, Capt., mentioned, 416.
Abenaki Indians, mentioned, 315.
Acans, Henry, soldier, 120.
Accadie, mentioned, 202.
Act for establishing fees, mentioned, 323.
Acts of Parliament received, for encouraging making of indigo, 244;
for encouraging settlement by United Brethren, 333; for encour-
aging whale fishery, 333; for naturalizing foreign Protestants,
245, 334: for encouraging growth of silk, 387, 397; forextending
trade to Africa, 397 : to encourage exportation of iron, prevent
working of iron and prevent manufacture of steel, 386, 387, 397.
Acts of Parliament reprinted in Connecticut, 294, 397.
Adams, mentioned, 16.
Adams, Capt. John, soldier. 133.
Adams, Peter, soldier, 156.
Adlington, John, soldier, 156.
Admiralty, condemnation of prizes in mentioned, 329; court of men-
tioned 332 ; judge of to consider case of captured French flag of
truce, 241. *
“Adventure” schooner, hired for use of colony, 459.
Africa, act of parliament for extending trade to received, 397.
Agent for Connecticut, salary of mentioned, 83, 250; see Avery,
Palmer, Partridge, Wilks,
Aix la Chappelle, mentioned, 254, 265, 465, 4O6, 467, 468.
Albany, danger at apprehended, 173; letters dated at, 48, 198, 314;
mentioned, 2, 10, if, 28, 29, 33, 37, 51, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71,
89, 106, 109, no. III, 160, 171, 172, 188, 192, 196, 206, 209, 216,
221, 224, 232, 239, 246, 247, 255, 292, 446.
Albany river, mentioned, 3.
Alderman, Elijah, soldier, 120.
Alderney, mentioned, 218.
Aldworth, Richard, letter written by, 467.
Alexander, Capt., shoots a Frenchman, 97.
Aley, Benjamin, soldier, 152.
478
LAW PAPERS.
Algor, Andrey, soldier, 129.
Allain, John, soldier, 138.
Allen, Col., mentioned, 87, 88, 178, 179, 384.
Allen, Col., Jr., mentioned, 87.
Allen, Jeremiah, mentioned, 395.
Allin, Corp. Timothy, soldier, 156.
Allin, Titus, soldier, 120.
Ailing, John, soldier, 152.
Allyn, Noah, soldier, 129.
Alvard, Benjamin, mentioned, 65.
Alverson, David, soldier, 143.
America, English subjects in forbidden to trade with France, 218.
American troops, majority of to be discharged, some to remain in
service, 40; see Canada.
Amiot, Sieur, agreement made with, 75; document signed by, 76;
mentioned, 76.
Ammidown, Henry, soldier, 147.
Andres, Job, soldier, 143.
Andrews, Serg. Stephen, soldier, 147, 151.
Andrus, David, soldier, 120.
Andrus, Thomas, soldier, 115.
Annapolis Royal, letters dated at, 21, 22, 445; mentioned, 19, 20, 26, 80,
102, 177, 178, 323, 345.
Anson, Admiral, mentioned, 107, 178.
Armstrong, Capt, mentioned, 267.
Arnold, Jonathan, soldier, 115.
Arnold, Josiah, document signed by, 205.
Arnold, Serg. Robert, soldier, 138.
Ashbo, John, soldier, 143.
Ashbo, Robert, soldier, 143.
Ashbow, John, soldier, 124.
Asheraft, Jedediah, soldier, 147.
Ashley, Jonathan, soldier, 115.
Ashman, Ameziah, soldier, 129.
Ashpo, Samuel, soldier, 138.
Ashseraft, Jedediah, soldier, 147.
Ashuelot, cattle killed at, 260; mentioned, 97; soldiers from attacked,
260.
Ashurst, Sir Henry, mentioned, 417.
Asten, Samuel, soldier, 124.
Atterton, Caleb, soldier, 156.
Atterton, Jonathan, soldier, 156.
Attorney General, report signed by, 281.
Atwell, Benjamin, soldier, 138.
Austin, John, soldier, 134.
INDEX.
479
Avery, Dr. Benjamin, appointed agent for Conn., 336, 340; bills of
exchange drawn on, 406; declines to act as agent, 3O6, 471;
letters written by, 366, 380, 471; letters written to, 340, 402;
mentioned, 16, 298, 31 1, 324, 325, 354, 355, 363, 364, 365, 369, 370,
371. 372, 374. 375. 377. 384. 387. 394. 402, 404. 408, 410, 412, 413,
420, 424, 425, 429.
Avery, Christopher, Jr., letter written by, 212.
Avery, Elisha, soldier, 124.
Ayer, Joseph, soldier, 143.
Ayer Peter, soldier, 143.
Ayscough, Rev. Francis, mentioned, 338, 339.
B.\chei.or, Abner, soldier, 152.
Backus, Lemuel, soldier, 138.
Backus, Samuel, soldier, 138.
Badcock, Thomas, soldier, 124.
Bagonet, Simon, soldier, 124.
Baily, Elihu, soldier, 120, 123.
Baker, Robert, fired on by the enemy, 451.
Baker, Serg. Timothy, soldier, 115.
Baker, William, document signed by, 186.
Baldwin, Mr., mentioned, in, 278, 311, 399, 415, 416, 417.
Baldwin, Joseph, soldier, 152.
Baldwin, Corp. Nathan, soldier, 152, 155.
Baldwin, Simeon, soldier, 134.
Ball, Allin, soldier, 134.
Ball. David, soldier, 115.
Ball, James, soldier, 120.
Balston, Nathaniel, mentioned, 407, 413, 418.
Balston, Nathaniel, & Co., letter written by, 325, 335; receipt signed
by, 326.
Balston & Palmer, letters written to, 304, 322; mentioned, 16, 306, 308,
400, 401, 404, 406, 407, 432.
Baltic sea, mentioned, 192.
Banister, John, document signed by, 205.
Bank of England, colony’s money deposited in, 471.
Banton, Adkison, soldier, 120.
Barber, Eldad, soldier, 120.
Barnard, Capt. , mentioned, 239.
Barnard, Jonathan, document signed by, 18O.
Barnett, Peter, soldier, 152.
Barns, William, soldier, 120.
Barnum, Daniel, soldier, 134.
Barnum, Nathan, soldier, 134.
Barnux, John, soldier, 134.
Barton, John, soldier, 157
480
LAW PAPERS.
Bartram, Corp. Joseph, soldier, 133.
Bassit, Josiah, soldier, 157.
Bastide, Mr., mentioned, 445.
Batchelor, Abner, soldier, 155.
Bates, Benjamin, soldier, 152.
Bates, Henry, soldier, 152.
Bath, mentioned, 387, 394, 403.
Battis, George, soldier, 143.
Batton, Elias, soldier, 124.
Baxter, David, soldier, 157.
Baxter, Simon, soldier, 115.
Baxter, William, soldier, 129.
Bay of Fundy, mentioned, 321.
Beach, Nathan, soldier, 156.
Beach, Phinehas, soldier, 152.
Beach, Samuel, soldier, 152.
Beach, Stephen, soldier, 152.
Beach, Thomas, soldier, 152.
Beardslee, Andrew, soldier, 156.
Beardslee, James, soldier, 156.
Beating orders issued for raising troops in Conn, for New York, 170.
Beauharnois, Marquis de, document signed by, 76; letter written by,
77; mentioned, 73.
Beckwith, Mr., mentioned, 354.
Beckwith, Phillips, soldier, 124.
Beckwith, Samuel, soldier, 124.
Bedford, Duke of, appointed a secretary of state, 217; letters written
by, 217, 254, 265, 327, 386, 466, 468, 469; letters written to, 55,
337. 435. 438; mentioned, 236, 239, 249, 277, 324, 330, 341, 369,
413. 437. 439-
Beebe, Nehemiah, soldier, 125.
Beebe, Noah, soldier, 125.
Beech, Aaron, soldier, 129.
Belcher, Mr., mentioned, 330.
Belcher, Gov. Jonathan, letter written by, 334; letter written to, 72.
Belden (Belding), Lieut. Daniel, appointed officer, 114; document
signed by, 159; soldier, 156.
Bellows, Corp. and Serg. Daniel, soldier, 142, 146.
Belt given to Indians, 31, 32.
Bemiss, James, soldier, 147, 150.
Bennet, Charles, soldier, 143.
Berkshire, Eng., mentioned, 304.
Bermudas, mentioned, 345.
Bethel, Mr., mentioned, 395.
Bettis, Thomas, soldier, 143.
Bibbins, Arthur, soldier, 138.
INDEX.
48 I
Bickster, William, soldier, 129.
Bigelow, Lieut. Timothy, appointed officer, 113; soldier, 115, iiq.
Bill, Ebenezer, soldier, 147.
Bill, James, soldier, 148.
Bill, Jedediah, soldier, 147.
Bill, Solomon, soldier, 129.
Bill of exchange desired, 439.
Bille’ river, mentioned, 314.
Billings, Lieut. Roger, appointed officer, 113; soldier, 142.
Billings, Samuel, soldier, 143.
Billings, William, soldier, 143.
Billings, William, Jr., soldier, 143.
Bills of credit, see Counterfeit bills. Paper currency.
Bishops for America, mentioned, 324, 341 ; proposal to create discussed,
325 ; proposed sending of discussed, 298, 429.
Blackman, Joseph, soldier, 147.
Blake, John, soldier, 147.
Blakeman, Benjamin, soldier, 157.
Blakeman, Edward, soldier, 156.
Blakeman, William, soldier, 156.
Blakeslee, Corp. Jonathan, soldier, 152.
Blaksly (Blacksley), James, appointed officer, 113; soldier, 119.
Blaksly, Tilly, soldier, 120.
Blanford, soldiers to be posted at, 237.
Blin, William, soldier, 129.
Blogget, William, mentioned, 88.
Blush, Silveanas, soldier, 129.
Board of Trade, letter written by, 244 ; queries of to and about Con-
necticut, 243; report sent to, 300; see Commissioners for trade.
Bollan, Mr., mentioned, 182, 239, 249, 252, 282, 292, 396, 401, 415, 430.
Bolles, John, soldier, 143.
Bond, William, soldier, 143.
Booge, Elishab, soldier, 147.
Booge, Jeremiah, soldier, 147.
Boone, Mr., mentioned, 203.
Borden, Abraham, document signed by, 205.
Bordman, Serg. Elijah, soldier, 142.
Bordman, Stephen, soldier, 115.
Boston, document dated at, 23, 326, 345; letters dated at, 3, 4, 7, 10, 13,
18, 23, 27, 33, 42, 47, 50, 53, 58, 60, 68, 69, 73, 87, 96, 99, 161, 162,
164, 167, 168, 175, 178, 206, 219, 223, 227, 241, 246, 271, 272, 286,
287, 290, 300, 307, 325, 333, 335, 343, 381, 396, 454; mentioned, 2,
3, 16, 17, 43, 47, 49, 59, 66, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 83, 104, no. 170,
171, 180, 184, 187, 188, 189, 190, 194, 197, 220, 222, 231, 232, 236,
237, 239, 240, 242, 253, 255, 260, 270, 277, 278, 292, 301, 307, 308,
31
482
LAW PAPERS.
311, 312, 314, 315, 323, 329, 331, 344, 351, 359, 360, 380, 382, 383,
384, 388, 404, 407, 409, 413, 417, 421, 422, 428, 429, 432, 450, 463,
470, 474.
Boularderie, M. de la, mentioned, 80.
Boundary line with Massachusetts, agreement for establishing des-
cribed, 408; controversy over discussed, 98, 324, 330, 346, 357,
408, 412, 414, 417, 422, 430: controversy over mentioned, 329, 332,
342, 365, 369, 404, 406, 415, 419, 420, 423, 425, 428; statement about
to be prepared, 399 ; trouble over to be referred to England, 382 ;
see Commissioners.
Bounty to be paid, for Indian prisoners and scalps by Massachusetts,
31 ; for Indian scalps by Conn., 250; see Prisoners, Scalps.
Bourn, John, soldier, 147.
Bours, Peter, letter written by, 439.
Bouten, John, soldier, 156.
Bouten, Joseph, soldier, 156.
Bowdish, Abraham, soldier, 143.
Bowdish, Joseph, soldier, 143.
Bowler, Dr., mentioned, 319.
Bowler, C., document signed by, 205.
Brackett, Hezekiah, soldier, 152.
Brackett, Job; soldier, 152.
Brackett, John, Jr., soldier, 152.
Brackit, Moses, soldier, 157.
Bradford, Hugh, returned prisoner, 75.
Bradly, Serg. Joseph, soldier, 119.
Bramble, John, soldier, 138, 142.
Brand, Samuel, soldier, 124.
Bran ton, Adkison, soldier, 120.
Brawdbrooks, William, soldier, 138.
Breed, Lieut., appointed officer, 113; document signed by, 145 ; soldier,
142.
Brenton, Mr., estate of mentioned, 210.
Brewers, soldiers to be posted at, 237.
Briant, Corp. Thomas, soldier, 120.
Bridgman, Capt., buildings of burned, 97.
Brimfield, mentioned, 88.
Bristol, Eng., mentioned, 390, 464.
Brooks, Corp. Benjamin, soldier, 138.
Brooks, Serg. Samuel, soldier, 115.
Broughton, Samuel, soldier, 148.
Brown, Mr., mentioned, 404, 422, 423.
Brown, Benjamin, soldier, 120.
Brown, Serg. Caleb, soldier, 156.
Brown, Isaac, letter written by, 192.
Brown, John, soldier, 152.
INDEX.
483
Brown, Ens. John, appointed officer, 113; soldier, 115.
Brown, Joseph, soldier, 124.
Brown, Nathaniel, soldier, 115, 119.
Brown, Pat, soldier, 125, 127.
Brown, Peter, soldier, 134.
Brown, Thomas, soldier, 156.
Bryant (Bryan), Capt., mentioned, 422, 426, 427.
Bryant, John, soldier, 138, 142.
Bryant (Briant), Jonathan, indicted for making and passing counterfeit
bills, 381 ; mentioned, 384.
Buck, William, soldier, 143.
Buckingham, Joseph, letter written to, 385; mentioned, 382, 384.
Bulkley, Col., mentioned, 296.
Bulkley, John, letter written by, 207.
Bump, Robinson, soldier, 138.
Bundy, Joshua, soldier, 148.
Burley, Ebenezer, soldier, 134.
Burlington, N. J., letter dated at, 334.
Burnham, Capt. Michael, letter written by, 238; letters written to,
234, 240; mentioned, 30, 229, 264, 272.
Burnum, Stephen, letter signed by, 449.
Burr, Col. Andrew, mentioned, 263, 310; order written to, 262.
Burr, Lieut. David, appointed officer, 113; document signed by, 136,
soldier, 133,
Burr, William, mentioned, 421.
Butler, Mr., mentioned, 208, 300.
Butler, Samuel, soldier, 120, 124.
Button, Elias, soldier, 124.
Byram river, mentioned, 299.
Cable, Daniel, soldier, 134.
Cade, Jonathan, soldier, 13*9.
Cagnawage Indians, mentioned, 32, 49, 65.
Calderwood family, arms of, 188.
“Caleb and Joshua” sloop, hired for use of colony, 457.
Cambridge, mentioned, 192, 440.
Camp, Joel, soldier, 120.
Campbell, Hugh, soldier, 138.
Canada, David, soldier, 138.
Canada, flag of truce to be sent to, 50; expedition reported ordered
to be sent against, 235; mentioned, ii, 21, 22, 33, 42, 43, 44, 59,
60, 63, 73, 74, 78, 79, 81, 82, 92, 97, 112, 177, 213, 240, 291, 292,
293, 303, 321, 343, 344, 447; peace not proclaimed in, 314; pro-
posed expedition against considered, 255.
Canada, Intended expedition against, abatements proposed in payment
of expenses of discussed, 307 ; account of expenses in — given.
484
LAW PAPERS.
258, 347, mentioned, 266, 342, to be prepared, 267, sent to Eng.,
279, 466; account of some disbursements in, 191 ; action about
pay for expenses of, 103 ; adjustment of accounts of mentioned,
197; allowance made for payment of some expenses discussed,
410; certificate of appointment of officers for, in; claim for pay-
ment of expenses of discussed, 173; commissaries for named,
262 ; commissaries itemized accounts of supplies provided for,
457. 458, 460, 462 , copies of rolls and papers relating to delivered
to William Shirley, 175; grant reported made for payment of ex-
penses of, 223; decision as to payment for services in, 162; deduc-
tions to be made in payment of expenses, 163, 171, 191, 392; dis-
charge of troops raised for discussed, 56, 173 ; discharging of troops
raised for left with Knowles and Shirley, 40; difficulty about pay-
ment of expenses, 84, 372 ; items of expenses of each colony for,
347; list of officers appointed for sent to Eng., 105 ; Mass, soldiers
for mentioned, 167; men to be inlisted for, 454; mentioned, 20,
107, 192, 235, 249, 436, 438, 439; method of paying troops raised
for considered, 100; money received in payment of expenses
of to be used to redeem paper currency, 337; muster rolls of regi-
ment raised for, 114; muster rolls and accounts of expenses of
sent to Eng., 104; payment of expenses of — mentioned, 248, 265,
268, 293, 341, 3S4, 387, 395, 399, 405, 406, 420, 428, 430, 432;
discussed, 251, 269, 280, 295, 358, 360, 363, 367, 370, 424; payment
already made to most of the colonies for expenses of, 162 ; outlook
about payment of expenses of, 104; rate of pay of soldiers in,
99, 162; refusal to publish William Shirley’s order for discharge
of troops raised for mentioned, 177; regiment raised for men-
tioned, 25 ; report of sum allowed for payment of expenses of, 56,
383 ; report that payment had been made for expenses of men-
tioned, 239; sale of stores provided for mentioned, 267; situation
as to payment of troops raised for, 38, 472; stores remaining
from ordered sold, 262 ; sums allowed as payment of expenses of
mentioned, 402, 405 ; sums allowed as payment of expenses
stated and discussed, 411; troops raised for — discharged, ig,
mentioned, 8, 10, 35, 37, ordered discharged, 99; trouble about
payment for expenses of discussed, 372.
Canada river, mentioned, 164.
Canfield, Serg. Azariah, soldier, 133.
Canso, mentioned, 445.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, mentioned, 429, 430.
Canvas, act of parliament about considered, 46.
Cape Breton, mentioned, 63, 173, 180, 292, 321, 335, 352, 363, 365, 436,
438, 445, 448, 465 ; see Louisburg.
Cape Breton expedition, expenses of, about desired payment of, 25 ;
account of provisions and stores to be provided for, 450; accounts
of — adjustment of mentioned, 197, authenticated copies of de-
INDEX.
485
sired, 465, being prepared to send to Eng., 250, sent, 279, men-
tioned, 252, 255, 342; agent ordered to receive payment for, 83;
arrangement for receipt by Mass, of mentioned, 297; best method
of applying money received in payment of for redeeming paper
currency discussed, 270, 271 ; commissioners of treasury directed
to settle and adjust, 456; consideration in Eng. of, 44; estimate
of, 460, method of payment of — considered, 257, discussed, 184,
264, 268, 269, 274, 275, mentioned, 283; money in payment of —
ordered placed in bank, 274, 275, 276, 278, received, 413, to be
used for redeeming paper currency, 310, 337; order in council for
consideration of payment of, 45 ; payment of — considered, 6, 24,
280, discussed, 38, 251, 281, 426, expected soon, 83, grant for
reported made, 223, granted, 252, 464, mentioned, 266, 293, 295,
296, 341, 367, 380, 384, 394, 401, 402, 403, 405, 407, 424, 439, 470, 473.
not yet made, 230, part ready to be made, 182, petition against,
183, rate of exchange for not settled, 460, received, 420, 425,
471, reported made, 239; report of commissioners for trade and
plantation relative to payment of, 455 ; use to be made of money
received in payment of considered, 219, 265.
Cape Francois, mentioned, 238, 239.
Capron, Jehiel, soldier, 120.
Captives, action taken about arranging for exchange of, 62 ; in hands
of Indians in Canada to be recovered, 49; redemption of men-
tioned, 344.
Captures or Prizes taken from enemy, mentioned, 332.
Caraway, Rheuben, soldier, 129.
Care, Joseph, soldier, 138, 142.
Care, Josiah, soldier, 138, 142.
Carpenter, Elisha, soldier, 129.
Carpenter, Hezekiah, document signed by, 205.
Carpenter, Corp. Seth, soldier, 138.
Carry way, Rheuben-, soldier, 129.
Cartel for exchange of prisoners, arranged for, 59 ; considered, 43 ;
mentioned, 17; see Prisoners.
Carter, John, soldier, 125.
Carthron, Samuel, soldier, 139.
Carver, Jonathan, soldier, 138.
Cary, Samuel, document signed by, 186.
Casco bay, mentioned, 308.
Case, Jonathan, soldier, 138.
Caspian sea, mentioned, 192.
Cayuga Indians, goods to be given to, 90; gunsmith to be sent to, 89:
have entered the war, 31.
Center, Jeremiah, soldier, 115.
“Centurion” ship, mentioned, 391.
Ceser Abraham, soldier, 134.
486
LAW PAPERS.
Chaloner, Walter, document signed by, 205.
Chamberlain, Benjamin, soldier, 138.
Champion, Alexander, document signed by, 186.
Chandler, Capt. William, mentioned, 87, 88.
Channing, John, document signed by, 205.
Chapel (Chaple), John, soldier, 138, 142.
Chapman, Barnabas, soldier, 129, 133.
Chapman, Hope, soldier, 134.
Chappel, Nathan, soldier, 138.
Chappil, George, soldier, 143.
Charles, William, soldier, 120.
Charles river, mentioned, 408, 409.
Charter or commission for taking enemy’s lands, discussed, 5.
Charters, may be endangered, 211.
Chatfield, Josiah, soldier, 125.
Chatman, Corp. Silas, soldier, 156.
Chauncey, Elihu, document signed by, 303.
Chebucto, mentioned, 17, 392, 393.
Chelsea hospital, mentioned, 392.
Chester, Col. John, letter written by, 59; mentioned, 63.
“ Chester” ship, mentioned, 177.
Chesterfield, Earl of, mentioned, 217.
Cheswunks, John, soldier, 125.
Chignecto, mentioned, 20, 21, 102, 177.
Chittenden, Corp. Benjamin, soldier, 120.
Chops, John, soldier, 157.
Chowjoy, Charles, soldier, 125.
Chunks, James, soldier, 125.
Chunks, John, soldier, 125.
Church, Capt. James, appointed officer, 113; difficulty about his com-
mission, 209, 215; document signed by, 132; has marched with
his company, 215; is inlisting men, 199; letters written by, 160,
170, 181, 199, 209; letter written to, 208; mentioned, no, 186, 190,
200, 216, 22t, 225, 321, 393; roll of company of, 129; soldier, 129.
Churchil, Josiah, soldier, 115.
Circuit court, session of described, 235.
(?lap, Thomas, mentioned, 161.
Clark, Mr., mentioned, 211.
Clark, Abel, soldier, 115.
Clark, David, soldier, 120, 138.
Clark, Nathan, soldier, 157, 159.
Clark vs. Tousey, mentioned, 401, 407. 449, 473.
Cleaveland, Lieut. Henry, appointed officer, 1 13 ; document signed by,
141 ; soldier, 138.
Cleaveland, Silas, soldier, 148.
Clerk, James, soldier, 143.
INDEX.
487
Clinton, Gov. George, attestation of copy of letters by, 314, 315 ; letters
written by, 28, 36, 45, 51, 181, 187, ig6, 205, 215, 216, 221, 224, 240,
242 2q8, 313; letters written to, 28, 35, 44, i8g, 200, 215, 225, 247,
314. 315. 320, 447; mentioned, 4, 7, 8, ii, 15, 54, 66, 68, 71, 90, 103,
io8, no, 160, 161, 162, 170, 171, 172, 174, 181, 186, 188, igt, 194, 198,
206, 207, 208, 225, 235, 246, 249.
Clinton, Mrs. George, mentioned, 299.
Clinton, Isaac, soldier, 152, 155.
Clinton, Samuel, soldier, 152.
Clinton family, arms of, i8i.
Close, Samuel, soldier, 157.
Closson, John, soldier, 148.
Clough, Ephraim, soldier, 138.
Cobb, Capt. , mentioned, 22.
Cochegan, Bumbawzoo, soldier, 143.
Cockets, described, 203 ; not taken out, 203.
Coffin, Nathaniel, document signed by, 186.
Cogswell, Capt., mentioned, 264.
Cogswell, David, soldier, 129.
Coin, act of parliament for settling value of printed in Conn., 294;
special for use in New England proposed, 184, 265, 268; value of
discussed, 287, 294.
Cojow, John, soldier, 125.
Cold spring, mentioned, 97.
Colden, Dr., mentioned, 41S.
Cole, James, soldier, 115.
Cole, John, Jr., soldier, 152.
Cole, Timothy, soldier, 152.
Colhoun, Dr. Alexander, mentioned, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320; wound of
described, 313.
Collens, Daniel, soldier, 152, 156.
Collens, Jacob, soldier, 152.
Collins, Maj., mentioned, 188.
Collins, C. M., letter written by, 198.
Collins, John, soldier, 129.
Commissioners about redemption of paper currency, appointment of
considered, 230, 232; chosen, 219; meeting of considered, 226;
mentioned, 223; proposed, 221; to be appointed, 270, 271.
Commissioners for trade and plantations, letter written by, 421; letter
written to, 300; report made by, 455.
Commissioners of the treasury, petition of colony’s agent to, 182; peti-
tion of merchants to, 183; reports made to, 45, 281.
Commissioners to make treaty of peace with Maine Indians, appointed,
323: appointment of mentioned, 326; meeting of proposed, 308.
Commissioners to run boundary line with Mass., meeting of discussed,
356; see Boundary.
488
LAW PAPERS.
Commissioners to treat with the Six Nations of Indians, appointment
of suggested, 246; meeting of discussed, 255.
Commissioners upon carrying on war with the French and Indians,
agreement of about expedition against Crown Point discussed,
198; appointment of mentioned, 62, 63; attendance of from Conn.,
at meeting discussed, 84, 85 ; document signed by, 95 ; from Mass.,
mentioned, 62; from New York, cannot attend meeting, 189;
gathering for a meeting, 84; letter from New York’s to Connecti-
cut’s, 189; meeting of mentioned, 197, 206; meeting of from the sev-
eral colonies proposed, 53 ; mentioned, 213 ; Mass, terms of agree-
ment to report of — discussed, 168; stated, 165; New York terms
of agreement to report of, 171; proposed meeting of a failure,
194; report of — discussed, 168, made, 89, ratified, 103; to meet,
91, 187, 190.
Comptroller of the Marine at Quebec, records of, 75.
Cornstalk, Corp. Abel, soldier, 133.
Cornstalk, Serg. Gideon, soldier, 142, 146.
Cornstalk, Samuel, soldier, 143.
Cone, Serg. Daniel, soldier, 147.
Coniah, Robin, soldier, 154.
Conklin, John, mentioned, 67.
Connecticut, address of to the king, 8 ; agreement of commissioners of
for carrying on the war, 95 ; dissatisfaction of inhabitants over
Mass, boundary, 98 ; general description of, 300 ; goods bought
for Indians, 65 ; indebtedness of, 249 ; information about de-
sired in Eng., 421; letter or report about the colony sent to
Eng. by, 300; letters written to, 217, 242, 244, 254, 265, 327, 333,
397, 421, 467, 468, 469, 470; mentioned, 345; queries of Board of
Trade to, 243 ; proportion to be paid by for securing friendship of
Indians, 90 ; rate of payment of officers from decided on, 163 ;
statement of expenses of for intended expedition against Canada,
348, 350; see Bounty.
Connecticut committee of war, orders out troops, 51; orders of about
provisions, 52; letters written to, 231, 263, 273;
Connecticut deputy governor and assistants, letter written by, 59.
Connecticut river, mentioned, 68, 300.
Connecticut troops, mentioned, 2 ; request that be sent for service in
Nova Scotia, 19; service of in Cape Breton expedition men-
tioned, t8o, 192; see Canada intended expedition. Cape Breton,
Soldiers, Troops, Williams, Col. Elisha.
Cook, Henry, soldier, 129.
Cook, Waitstill, soldier, 152.
Cook, Uzziel, soldier, 152.
Cooke, Mr., mentioned. 390.
Cooke, S., document signed by, 205.
Corbit, John, soldier, 125.
INDEX.
489
Corbit, Samuel, solclier, 125.
Cornel, Paul, .soldier, 120, 123.
Cornelius, George, soldier, 152.
Cornell, Gideon, document signed by, 205.
Cornwal, Corp. Daniel, soldier, 115.
Cory, William, document signed by, 205.
Counterfeit bills, making and passing of mentioned, 381 ; mentioned,
384, 385, plates for seized, 26; see Bryant.
Court, see Circuit court.
Court at St. James, letter dated at, 6.
Court house in Boston, burning of mentioned, 344.
Couugh, Ephraim, soldier, 138.
Cowles, Thomas, soldier, 129.
Coy, George, soldier, 148.
Coy, Samuel, soldier, 139, 142.
Cozier, Hezekiah, soldier, 134.
Crane, Elisha, soldier, 120.
Crocker, Serg. Jabez, soldier, 147.
Crocker, Serg. Samuel, soldier, 142.
Crofoot, Elias, .soldier, 148.
Crooke, Robert, document signed by, 205.
Crosmon, Robert, soldier, 125.
Crowd, Jesher, mentioned, 16.
Crowfoot, Joseph, soldier, 129.
Crown Point, attack on proposed, 68, 70; enemy active at, 46; expedi-
tion against considered, 89, no, 162; expedition against frus-
trated, 213; French and Indians gathered at, 47, 48, 54; French
preparing to settle near, 291, 292; Mass, terms of agreement
about expedition against, 165; mentioned, 4, 12, 16, 31, 66, 92;
93, 94, 109, 166, 169, 29t, 292, 303, 314, 321, 362; proposed expedi-
tion against discussed, i, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, 26, 172, 198; report on
French and Indians at, 51.
Cruger Henry, document signed by, 95 ; letter written by, 189.
Culver, Hezekiah, soldier, 134.
Culver, Joshua, soldier, 115.
Culver, Samuel, Jr., soldier, 152, 156.
Cumberland, Duke of, mentioned, 83.
Cumming, Thomas, deposition by, 315; mentioned, 313, 319, 320.
Curricum, Andrew, soldier, 115.
Curricum, Moses, soldier, 115.
Curtice, Ebenezer, soldier, 129.
Curtice, Enoch, soldier, 129.
Curtice, Phinehas, soldier, 129.
Curtiss, Azor, soldier, 152.
Curtiss, Nathaniel, soldier, 148, 151.
Curtiss, Stephen, soldier, 152.
490
LAW PAPERS.
Curtiss, Stephen, Jr., soldier, 152.
Cutler, Samuel, soldier, 148.
Cutten, Zachariah, soldier, 138.
Dailey, Edward, soldier, 159.
Daily, Timothy, soldier, 120, 123.
Darling, David, soldier, 134.
Darling, Jabez, soldier, 134.
Darling, Adj. John, soldier, 115.
Darling, Lieut. John, appointed officer, 114; has received commission,
225; mentioned, 215: soldier, 151.
Darrow, John, soldier, 152.
Darrow, Richard, soldier, 120.
Dartmouth, mentioned, 372.
Davenport, Abraham, letter signed by, 437, 438.
Davis, James, soldier, 148.
Davison, Andrew, soldier, 143.
Davison, Daniel, soldier, 130.
Dayley, Edward, soldier, 159.
Deains, Henry, soldier, 148.
Deains, James, soldier, 148.
Deains, Oxenbridge, soldier, 148.
Dean, Serg. William, soldier, 138.
Deerfield, soldiers sent to from Conn., 103; French and Indians at, 53;
mentioned, 96, 236, 272, 273, 274, 292.
“Defense” sloop, being fitted for sea, 229; being put out of com-
mission, 264; captain appointed for, 234; captain desires reap-
pointment, 283 ; capture made by, 239 ; commissioned and ordered
to cruise, 234 ; expense of for the season, 249 ; letter of marque to
be given captain of 240, 250; ordered fitted for sea, 225, 226, 232;
proposal to send out as a privateer, 214; such use of her con-
sidered, 222 ; request of individuals for permission to fit out and
cruise with at their own expense, 207, 228; such request dis-
cussed, 211; denied, 229; register of desired, 285; snow captured
by, 234; sold, 285; will probably be sent on a cruise, 223.
DeLancey, Justice, mentioned, 231.
DeLancey, Oliver, has fled, 313; mentioned, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320.
Delaware bay, mentioned, 232.
“Delight” schooner, hired for use of colony, 461 ; mentioned, 461.
Dempsey, Charles, soldier, 143.
Denison, Corp. Andrew, appointed officer, 146; soldier, 143.
Denison (Dennison), Capt. Robert, appointed officer, 113; document
signed by, 145; roll of company of, 142; soldier, 142.
Denison, Shermon, soldier, 143.
Dennie, John, document signed by, 186.
Dennin, William, soldier, 120.
INDEX.
491
Denslow, Benjamin, soldier, 130.
Deolf, Gideon, soldier, 157.
Deputy Governor, failure of election of, 247, 249.
Deway, John, soldier, 125.
Dewey, William, soldier, 148.
Dickinson, Joseph, soldier, 130.
Dickinson, Joshua, soldier, 130.
Dickinson, Justus, soldier, 130.
Dickinson, Thomas, soldier, 130.
Dickson, Lieut., mentioned, 172.
Dike, Gideon, soldier, 148.
Doctor, James, soldier, 120.
Doddridge, Dr., mentioned, 430.
Dodge, Ezra, .soldier, 143.
Dogs, proposal to use in war, 247, 249.
Dolf, Mathew, soldier, 130.
“Dolphin” sloop, hired for use of colony, 457, 463.
Don Pedro, mentioned, 232.
Donegy, John, soldier, 139.
Doney, Corp. James, soldier, 120.
Doolittle, Abraham, soldier, 120.
Dorman, Amos, soldier, 130.
Dorman, John, soldier, 120.
Dorrow, Richard, soldier, 157.
Dorson, Thomas, soldier, 120.
Douglass, Thomas, soldier, 125.
“ Dove” sloop, hired for use of colony, 457.
Dover, N. H., mentioned, 333.
Dowley, William, soldier, 125.
Downer, Andrew, soldier, 130.
Downin, Robert, soldier, 120.
Downing, James, soldier, 139, 142.
Downs, John, soldier, 125.
Drake, Samuel, soldier, 116.
Drugs, ordered sold, 249; proposed sale of mentioned, 256.
Dudley, Corp. Samuel, soldier, 142.
Dudly, Beriah, soldier, 120.
Dunham, Jacob, soldier, 148.
Dunham, Jonathan, soldier, 148.
Dunham, Matthew, soldier, 116.
Dunk, George Montagu, letter written by, 422 ; see Halifax, Earl of.
Dunlap, Serg. James, soldier, 129.
Dupplin, Lord, letter written by, 244; mentioned,, 371, 375, 376, 377,
379-
Durfey, John, soldier, 143.
Durgee, Col., mentioned, 395.
492
LAW PAPERS.
Durgee, John, soldier, 139.
Durkee, Andrew, soldier, 148.
Durkee, John, soldier, 139.
Durham, letters dated at, 46, 61, 62.
Dursey, James, soldier, 157.
Dutch, mentioned, 61, 65, 71, 80, 213.
Dutton, Charles, soldier, 152.
Duty, amount of on imports discussed, 253, 254, 257; to be paid on
imports and exports, 86.
Dwight, Brigadier, mentioned, 47, 58, 64.
Dwight, Joseph, mentioned, i.
Dwight, Nathaniel, mentioned, 87, 88.
Dwight, Col. Timothy, mentioned, 87, 88.
Eames, Mark, soldier, 139.
East Indies, mentioned, 394.
Easton, mentioned, 284.
Edmunds, Samuel, soldier, 125.
Edwards, Benjamin, soldier, 125.
Edwards, John, soldier, 116.
Eeles, Col., mentioned, 60.
Eells, Rev. Nathaniel, letter written by, 209.
Eglestone, Ambrose, soldier, 116.
Election, by majority of votes, 249.
Election sermon, acceptance of invitation to preach, 209.
Elgar, Ezra, soldier, 116.
Eliot, Mr., mentioned, 427.
“Elizabeth" brigantine, hired for use of colony, 461.
Elliot, Christopher, soldier, 157.
Ellwood, John, soldier, 134.
Emerson, Moses, mentioned, 2, 67.
Emerson, Serg. Stephen, soldier, 124.
Enfield, desires to come under jurisdiction of Conn., 98; mentioned,
408.
England, mentioned, 5, 77, 78, 250, 278, 300, 304, 322, 327, 342, 350, 380,
417, 433, 434, 437, 465; proclamation by king of against French
trade, 218.
English prisoners, proceedings about exchange of, 343.
Enman, Henry, soldier, 157.
Enville, Duke d’, mentioned, 177.
Ephraim, Esau, soldier, ii6.
Equivalent lands, mentioned, 178; survey of discussed, 87.
Ethridge, Nathaniel, soldier, 143.
Europe, mentioned, 71, 243, 345.
Evans, Samuel, Jr., soldier, 120.
Everets, Ebenezer, soldier, 130.
INDEX.
493
Ever.s, Capt., mentioned, 387.
Everton, John, soldier, 120.
Exchange with England, fear of sudden change in rate of, 251 ; rate of
discussed, 184, 265.
Expresses, delayed on their journey, 222.
Fairchii.d, Benjamin, soldier, 157.
Fairfax, Lord, mentioned, 377.
F'airtield, letters dated at, 86, 253; mentioned, 216.
Falmouth, mentioned, 308, 323.
P'ane, Francis, document signed by, 456.
Fanning, David, soldier, 125.
Farmington, mentioned, 209.
Farnam, Eliphalet, soldier, 139.
Farnam, Stephen, soldier, 148.
Farrand, Capt., has marched with his company, 215; has not completed
his company, 196; is raising a company, 187, 201; mentioned,
170, i8i, 188, 190; 206, 216, 217, 225.
Farwin, Mr., mentioned, 199: see Tarwin.
F'ast, proclamation for, 194.
Feller or Fellow, Samuel, soldier, 125.
Fellows, Ephraim, soldier, 139.
Ferris, Caleb, soldier, 134, 137.
Ferris, Peter, soldier, 134.
Fielding Samuel, soldier, 130.
Finney, John, soldier, 130.
Fish, Jason, soldier, 125.
Fisher, Nathan, soldier, 148.
Fitch, James, appointed surgeon, 114: soldier, 115.
Fitch, Lieut. Samuel, appointed officer, 114; document signed by, 150;
soldier, 147.
Fitch, Corp. Theophilus, soldier, 138.
Fitch, Col. Thomas, document signed by, 95 ; letter written by, 399 ;
letters written to, 189, 399, 404, 418; mentioned, 85, 222, 226, 228,
240, 241, 253, 310, 406, 416, 420, 437.
Five Nations of Indians, meeting with discussed, 255; mentioned, 448.
Flag of Truce, aid given to enemy under, 21 1; captured, 238; for
exehange of prisoners — about to sail, 60, doings of described,
343, expense of to be borne by the several colonies interested,
50; has returned with prisoners, 73; list of prisoners returned
in, 74, mentioned, 16, 43, 79, 80; mentioned. 214, 239, 248, 321;
report of granted by Conn, to R. I. mentioned, 252, 255; report of
payment for granting, 253, 255; trade carried on with enemy
under, 212, 213; see Privateers.
Flat Head Indians, mentioned, 448.
Fletcher, Corp. Frances, soldier, 156.
494
LAW PAPERS.
Flint, James, soldier, 139.
Fobes, Corp. Simon, soldier, 124.
Fones, document signed by, 186.
Fones, Capt., mentioned, 30, 300, 312, 323.
Foney, Tom, mentioned, 127; soldier, 125.
Foot, Ebenezer, soldier, 157.
Foot, John, soldier, 134.
Foot, Nathan, soldier, 133.
Ford, Benjamin, soldier, 152.
Ford, Ens. Jacob, appointed officer, 113; soldier, 129.
Fort Dummer, letters dated at, 260, 451; mentioned, 260, 291; soldiers
from attacked by enemy, 260.
Fort George, letters dated at, 196, 215, 298, 313.
Fort Massachusetts, guard ordered to, 97; mentioned, 17, 64, 68.
Fort St. Frederick, letter dated at, 315.
Fort St. John, mentioned, 315.
Foster, David, soldier, 116.
Foster, John, soldier, 116.
Fountain, John, soldier, 134.
Fowler, John, documents signed by, 95, 304; letters signed by, 35, 437;
soldier, 130.
Fowler, Capt. John, mentioned, 262.
Fowler, Joseph, letter written by, 212; mentioned, 438.
Fox, Benjamin, soldier, 153.
Fox, Benoni, soldier, 130.
Fox, H., document signed by, 456.
Fox, Isaac, soldier, 148.
Fox, Joseph, soldier, 116.
Foye, Mr., mentioned, 334.
France, mentioned, 77, 78, 107, 192, 277, 291, 465, 467; settlement of
boundary line of mentioned, 372 ; war declared by, 445.
Frances, John, soldier, 143.
Fransisco,. Peter, soldier, 134.
Freeman, Elijah, soldier, 139,
Freeman, Serg. Ichabod, soldier, 129.
French, John, soldier, 157.
French, attack on Indians by feared, 313; hostile acts by anticipated,
314; incroachments of mentioned, 293; mentioned, i, 4, 5, 10, 28,
29, 32, 33. 42, 43. 44. 53. 54. 60, 63, 65, 68, 69, 70, 89, 93, 94, 165,
169, 192, 213, 232, 239, 243, 244, 262, 272, 284, 291, 303, 321, 394,
421, 445, 447, 448, 452; preparing to settle near Crown Point, 291,
292, 321.
French and Indians, activities of — at Crown Point, 46, 47, 48, 51, 54,
near Hudson river, 58, on frontier, 61 ; agreement reported for
carrying on war against, 89 ; at Deerfield, 53 ; attacks made by,
49, 231, 451 ; authority desired to go against, 247, 249; committee
INDEX.
495
consider state of war against, 250; expect an established peace,
292; incursions by feared, 68; movements of in Nova Scotia
descrii)ed, 177; preparing to make attack, 190, 227; soldiers
attacked and overcome by, 2f,o ; see Commissioners, Troops.
French flag of truce, captured, 238, 239; to be delivered to naval officer
and collector, 240.
French fleet, destruction of mentioned, 107, 177.
French man of war, mentioned, 17.
French ports, vessels to and from open to capture, 236.
French prisoners, agreement about return of, 75; mentioned, 77, 79, 80;
proceedings about exchange of, 343; to be sent in exchange, 50.
French settlements, attack may be made on, 453.
French trade, proclamation against, 218.
French vessel, taken in illicit trade, 331.
Frenchman, shot, 97.
"Friendship” ship, mentioned, 387.
Frisbee, Noah, soldier, 152.
Frisbie, Benjamin, soldier, 116.
Frizell, Joseph, soldier, 153.
Frontiers, account of Conn, troops on, 248; attack on feared, 227; de-
signs of enemy on, 215; expense of defending mentioned, 168;
Mass, desires soldiers sent to by Conn., 47, 68, 241, 247, 272, 273;
need for guard at, 97; protection of mentioned, 57; sending of
troops to discussed, 259, 274; situation on western described, 58;
troops sent to, 71, 172, 191, 231, 237, 239; see Hampshire Co.,
Soldiers, Troops, Western frontiers.
Frost, Isaac, soldier, 157.
Frouhunt, Henry, soldier, 143.
Fuller, Amos, soldier, 130.
Fuller, Ebenezer, soldier, 139.
Fuller, George, soldier, 116.
Fuller, James, soldier, 143.
Fuller, John, soldier, 125.
Fullerton, Capt., mentioned, 248.
Gains, Mr., mentioned, 423.
Gardiner, David, mentioned, 233.
Gardner, Capt., mentioned, 432. '
Gardner, Caleb, document signed by, 205
Gardner, Cesar, soldier, 143.
Garlup, Samuel, soldier, 157.
Garritt, Benjamin, soldier, 125.
Gay Head, mentioned, 447.
Genoa, mentioned, 253, 265, 266, 277, 468.
Genoa paper, mentioned, 312.
Georgaw, Samuel, soldier, 143.
496
LAW PAPERS.
George I, King, mentioned, 410.
George II, King, mentioned, 195, 196, 350; proclamation by, 218; see
King.
George III, King, mentioned, 338.
George, Thomas, soldier, 143.
German, Charles, soldier, 157.
Gibralter, mentioned, 218, 452.
Giddings, mentioned, 22.
Giddings, Thomas, soldier, 125.
Giddions, Thomas, soldier, 125.
Gilbert, Elisha, soldier, 130.
Givings, Richard, soldier, 139,
Glover, John, soldier, 125.
Gloves, mentioned, 454.
Goff, Moses, soldier, 12 1.
Goff, William, soldier, 143.
Goldthwait, Capt. , mentioned, 22.
Goldthwaite, Thomas, document signed by, 186.
Goodrich, Abraham, soldier, 129.
Goodrich, Daniel, soldier, 130.
Goodrich, Solomon, soldier, 130.
Goods, invoice of to be sent to Indians, 66.
Goodwin, Thomas, letter written by, 228 ; letter written to, 229.
Gorham, Lieut. Col., letter written by, 22; mentioned, 22.
Gorham, Hezekiah, soldier, 121.
Gould, Daniel, soldier, 139.
Gould, Ebenezer, soldier, 139.
Gower, B. Leveson, document signed by, 456.
Grannis, Stephen, soldier, 157.
Grant, Solomon, soldier, 148.
Great Britain, has declared war, 445; mentioned, 14, 19, 218, 223, 230,
243, 255, 271, 277, 292, 321, 327, 338, 357, 402, 419, 424, 434, 467,
469, 470.
Great meadow, garrison at attacked, 451.
Green, Francis, soldier, 153.
Green, Timoth}^ mentioned, 209, 323, 331, 397.
Greene, Gov. William, mentioned, 409, 447.
Greenfield, James, soldier, 143.
Greenwich hospital, mentioned, 328, 330: recovery of shares of prizes
due to mentioned, 337.
Grenville, J., letters written by, 244, 422.
Gridley, Jeremiah, document signed by, 186.
Gridley, Samuel, soldier, 130.
Griffin, Elnathan, .‘^oldier, 157.
Griffin, John, soldier, 157.
Grimes, Ichabod, soldier, 130.
INDKX.
497
(iriswold, Justice, mentioned, 350.
(jriswold, Benjamin, soldier, 120.
Griswold, Caleb, letter written b)', 233.
Griswold, John, letter written by, 212.
Griswold, Lieut. Josiah, appointed officer, 113; document signed by,
132; .soldier, 129.
Grove, John, soldier, 148.
Grover, Ebenezer, soldier, 130.
Grover, Edman, soldier, 130.
Guernsey, mentioned, 218.
Guns, cost of, 191.
Gunsmiths, to be sent to the Indians, 89.
Guy’s hospital, letters dated at, 369, 380, 471.
Hadley, mentioned, 261.
Hadlock, James, soldier, 130.
Hadlock, Pasco, soldier, 148.
Hail, Isaac, soldier, 121.
Hale, Col., mentioned, 169.
Hale, Ebenezer, soldier, 116.
Hale, Isaac, soldier, 121.
Hale, Robert, document signed by, 95.
Hale, Samuel, soldier, 121.
Halifax, Earl of, letter written by, 422; mentioned, 375.
Hall, Mr., mentioned, 210, 446.
Hall, Col., mentioned, 85, 194.
Hall, Benjamin, document signed by, 95; letter written by, 189.
Hall, Benjamin, 2d, soldier, 153.
Hall, Elihu, Jr., soldier, 154.
Hall, Corp. Giles, soldier, 124.
Hall, Hubert, mentioned, 112.
Hall, John, 5th, soldier, 154.
Halle or Hall, Capt. Elihu, appointed officer, 114; document signed by,
154; letters written by, 63, 210; mentioned, 52, 53, 57, 60, 61, 63,
231, 241, 273, 393; roll of company of, 151; soldier, 151.
Halloway, Capt., mentioned, 429.
Hallowell, Benjamin, mentioned, 429.
Hamilton (Hamblington), Pres., mentioned, 85.
Hamlin, Maj. and Col. Jabez, itemized bill of as commissary, 458;
letters written by, 72, 416; mentioned, 262, 418, 450, 451.
Hamlin, Serg. John, soldier, 133.
Hamlin, Nathaniel, soldier, 134.
Hampshire Co., letter written to chief military officers of regiment of
militia in, 46; mentioned, 35, 234, 247; request that soldiers be
sent to, 27, 227, 272; .soldiers ordered to, no; to be put in posture
of defence, igo; see Frontiers, Soldiers,
32
498
LAW PAPERS.
Hancock, Thomas, letter written by, 300 ; letter written to, 308.
Hand, Ichabod, soldier, 12 1.
Hanover, mentioned, 387, 405, 424.
Harding, Israel, soldier, 147.
Harris, J., mentioned, 296.
Harris, Peter, Jr., captive, 63; returned, 75.
Harris’ Point, mentioned, 447.
Harrison, Peter, soldier, 116.
Harrison, Capt. Peter, mentioned. 16.
Harriss, Abijah, soldier, 148.
Hart, Constant, soldier, 148.
Hartford, document dated at, 300 ; letter addressed to, 300 ; letters
dated at, 35, 43, 44, 51, 52, 60, 84, iii, 181, 200, 226, 239, 240,
250, 259, 278, 307, 327, 382, 384, 414, 416, 420, 453; mentioned, 46,
52, 61, 64, 186, 209, 228, 231, 234, 260, 274, 418, 446, 458.
Hartford Co., mentioned, 346.
Harva, Peleg, soldier, 139.
Harvard College, mentioned, 440.
Harvey, Elijah, soldier, 116.
Harvey, Peleg, soldier, 139.
Harvey, Richard, soldier, 125.
Haszard, Robert, document signed by, 205.
Hatch, Benjamin, soldier, 148.
Hatfield, letters dated at, 46, 291; mentioned, 261.
Havana, mentioned, 232.
Havant, mentioned, 391.
Hawkins, Robert, soldier, 153.
Hazard, George, document signed by, 205.
Heath, Col., mentioned, 2.
Hecocks, Bethel, soldier, 157.
Hecocks, Joseph, soldier, 120.
Helme, Christopher, soldier, 125.
Hendrick, has entered the war, 31 ; mentioned, 48, 65, 66.
Hendrick, David, soldier, 157.
Henman, Col., soldier, 133.
Henryson, David, soldier, 157.
Henson, William, soldier, 148.
Herpin, John, Jr., appointed commissary, 114; documents signed by,
118, 123, 127, 132, 136, 141, 145, 150, 154, 159.
Herrington, Daniel, soldier, 139.
Herrington, Samuel, soldier, 139.
Hewet, Ephraim, soldier, 139.
Hewit, Serg. Abijah, soldier, 124.
Hewit (Huit), Capt. and Maj. Israel, appointed officer, 112, 113;
document signed by, 127; mentioned, 463; roll of company of,
124; soldier, 124.
INDKX.
499
Hewit, Thomas, soldier, iib.
Hibbard, John, soldier, 139.
Hieat, Thomas, soldier, 156.
Hide, Eliakim, soldier, 134.
Hide, Samuel, soldier, 130.
Hides, Ebenezer, soldier, 139.
Hiecock, Daniel, soldier, 134.
Higgins, John, letter signed by, 449.
Higly, Jonathan, soldier, 12 1.
Hilby, Christian, document signed by, 186.
Hill, Abraham, soldier, 125.
Hill, Thomas, letters written by, 242, 333, 397; mentioned, 426.
Hill, Capt. Thomas, desires to be appointed collector of duties, 87;
letters written by, 86, 253; letter written to, 257; mentioned,
254-
Hill, Serg. Timothy, soldier, 119,
Hilliard, John, soldier, 130.
Hills, Oliver, soldier, 130.
Hinkley, Gershom, soldier, 144.
Hinman, Coe, appointed officer, 113; soldier, 133.
Hinsdal, Col., mentioned, 236.
Hinsdal’s fort, mentioned, 97.
Hitt, Abram or Abraham, soldier, 121, 123.
Hobbs, Capt., mentioned, 260, 261.
Hobby, Enos, soldier, 157.
Hocquart, Gilles, agreement made and signed by, 75.
Hodgkin, Daniel, soldier, 144.
Hodgkin, Ebenezer, soldier, 144.
Hodgkin, William, soldier, 153.
Hodgkin, Corp. and Serg. William, soldier, 142, 14O.
Hodgskiss, David, soldier, 134.
Hodshon, William, document signed by, 186.
Hogens, John, soldier, 148.
Holcomb, Benjamin, soldier, 121.
Holcomb, Return, soldier, 121.
Holland, Edward, letter signed by, 449.
Holland, mentioned, 465.
Holies, see Newcastle, Duke of.
Hollibut, Elisha, soldier, 139.
Hollis, Rev. Isaac, mentioned, 338.
Hollister, Jonathan, soldier, 130.
Holly, David, soldier, 121, 134.
Holly, Jonathan, soldier, 121, 134, 137.
Holmes, Nathaniel, soldier, 134.
Hoosuck, mentioned, 49, 67.
Hopkins, mentioned, 316,
500
LAW PAPERS.
Hopkins, Serg. John, soldier, 115.
Horpin, Dr., mentioned, 211.
Horscoat, Chequipe, soldier, 144.
Hosford, Reuben, soldier, 116.
Hoskins, Noah, soldier, 115.
Hotchkies, Joseph, soldier, 157.
Hotchkiss, Eliphalet, soldier, 153.
Hough, Jonathan, soldier, 134.
Hovey, Nathaniel, soldier, 148.
Hubbard, George, soldier, 153.
Hubbard, Dr. John, letter written to, 450.
Hubbard, Nathaniel, soldier, 116.
Hubbell, Serg. Richard, soldier, 133.
Hudlock, James, soldier, 130.
Hudson river, mentioned, 4, ii, 13, 58, 68.
Hujus, Patrick, soldier, 134.
Hull, Mr., mentioned, 446.
Hull, Corp. Giles, soldier, 124.
Hull, mentioned, 248.
Hulse, Richard, soldier, 134.
Hulst, mentioned, 71.
Humbird, Oxford, soldier, 154.
Humphrey, Samuel, soldier, 154.
Hungary, mentioned, 468.
Hunn, Serg. Joseph, soldier, 156.
Hunt, Phinehas, soldier, 148.
Huntington, Col. Hezekiah, active about exchange of prisoners, 59, 62;
itemized bill of as commissary, 460 ; letter written by, 16 ; men-
tioned, 43, 44, 55, 262, 391.
Huntington, Hezekiah, Jr., captive, 63.
Huntington, Isaac, letter written by, 212.
Huntington, Jabez, mentioned, 285.
Huntington, Jonathan, mentioned, 438.
Huntington, Josh, mentioned, 446.
Hurd, Benajah, soldier, 157.
Hurlbutt, Capt. Joseph, to receive commission, 233.
Hutchins, Edward, 121, 123.
Hutchinson, Thomas, documents signed by, 2, 3, 166, 221, 271; men-
tioned, 221.
Hutchison, Samuel, soldier, 125.
Indian, Abner, soldier, 125.
Indian, George, soldier, 126, 128.
Indian, Harry, soldier, 157.
Indian, Joseph, soldier, 144.
Indian, Ned, soldier, 125. .
INDEX.
5°'
Indian, Pompey, .soldier, 153.
Indian, Prime, .soldier, 116.
Indian, Pyrus, .soldier, 148.
Indian, Robin, soldier, 153.
Indian, Shauwon, soldier, 116.
Indian, Squamp, soldier, 116.
Indian, Tobe, soldier. 125.
Indian, Zebede, soldier, 116,
Indians, activities of a raiding party of, 65 ; attack by at Number Four,
321; being fitted out for war, 31; goods purchased for, 64, 65;
hostilities by feared, 314; invoice of goods for, 66; may be
attacked by French, 313; meeting to be held with by commis-
sioners, 323; mentioned, 7, 74, 80, 81, 82, 92, 93, 94, 97, 195, 242,
292, 303, 445; mission work with described, 338; money ordered
for encouragement of, 64; necessary to carry on the war, 199; of
Canada uneasy, 447; of Conn, described, 302; of Maine desire to
make treaty of peace, 308; of Maine mentioned, 326; parties of
sent to observe the French, 48 ; premiums granted for scalps
of mentioned, 250; provision for encouraging mentioned, 57;
raiding parties of out, 315; treaty made with, 240, 247; see
Abenaki, Bounty, Cagnawage, Cayuga, Commissioners, Flat
Head, Five Nations, French and Indians, Hendrick, Iroquois,
Maqua, Mohawk, Mohegan, Nipissing, Norridgewalk, Oneida,
Onondaga, Onteza, Penobscot, St. John's, Seneca, Six Nations,
Stockbridge, Tuscarora.
Indigo, act of parliament for encouraging making of — mentioned, 427,
received, 244; raising of mentioned, 277.
Indus, Joate, soldier, 121.
Ingham, John, .soldier, 144.
Invoice of goods for Indians, 66.
Ireland, mentioned, 218, 389, 390.
Irishman, mentioned, 315.
Iron, act of parliament to encourage importation of from and pre-
vent working of in the colonies — discussed, 410, 413, 426, re-
ceived, 386, 387, 397, proposed, 365 ; statement as to mills for
working of ordered sent to Eng., 398.
Iroquois Indians, mentioned, 315.
Isbell, Serg. Israel, .soldier, 151.
Isle of Man, mentioned, 218.
Isle Pedro, mentioned, 65.
Jackson, Abraham, soldier, 130.
Jacobs, Samuel, soldier, 134, 139, 142.
Jagger, Jonathan, soldier, 134.
Jamaica, mentioned, 100, 176, 248, 394.
James, Penny, soldier, 126.
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Japhet, John, soldier, 130.
Jarman, Job, soldier, 134.
Jeffery, William, soldier, 125, 128.
Jennings, Daniel, soldier, 134.
Jersey, mentioned, 218.
Johan, Thomas, soldier, 121.
Johnson, CoL, has made treaty with the Indians, 240; mentioned,
29. 31. 32, 33. 34. 35. 37. 224, 242, 247.
Johnson, Broughton, soldier, 116.
Johnson, David, mentioned, 316, 317, 318, 319.
Johnson, Ephraim, soldier, 144, 147.
Johnson, S., document signed by, 319, 320.
Johnson, Zachery or Zechariah, soldier, 144.
Johnston, Robert, soldier, 144.
Jones, Amos, soldier, 130.
Jones, Benjamin, soldier, 139.
Jones, Edward, soldier, 144, 146.
Jones, Ens. Isaac, appointed officer, 113; soldier, 142.
Jones, John, soldier, 126.
Jones, Parker, soldier, 144.
Jones, Simon, soldier, 144.
Jones, Thomas, soldier, 148.
Jonquiere, Mr. de la, mentioned, 178.
Jonson, John, soldier, 139.
Jonson, Zechariah, soldier, 139, 141.
Jordan, Miles, soldier, 134, 139.
Joslin, Gideon, soldier, 138.
Joslin, Joseph, soldier, 121.
Joslin, Nathaniel, soldier, 157.
Judson, Corp. Elisha, soldier, 133.
Judson, Henry, soldier, 157.
Judson, Jobe, soldier, 121.
Judson, Peter, soldier, 121.
Junks, Peter, soldier, 126.
Jurdin, John, soldier, 157.
Juriss, James, soldier, 153.
Kadaraigue, mentioned, 447.
Keith, mentioned, 419.
Kellog, Capt. , mentioned, 358, 360, 362.
Keney, Benjamin, soldier, 130.
Keney, Samuel, soldier, 116.
Kent, mentioned, 400.
Key, Stewart, soldier, 139.
Kilby, Mr., mentioned, 375, 377, 379.
Kimberly, Jedediah, soldier, 135.
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503
Kinderhook, mentioned, 187, 196, 198, 199, 201, 208, 215, 224, 225; troops
ordered to, 206.
King, Lieut. Henry, appointed officer, 113; document signed by, 118;
soldier. 115.
King, Richard, document signed by, 186.
King, William, appointed officer, 113; soldier, 133.
King of England, address of Connecticut to, 8; petition to, 433; see
George II.
King in council, order of, 6, 45, 456.
King’s woods, destruction of to be prevented, 41.
Kingsfield, mentioned, 179. ,
Kittery, letter dated at, 180.
Knap, Daniel, soldier, 135.
Knap, John, soldier, 134.
Knap, Jonathan, soldier, 134.
Knapp, Jonathan, soldier, 148.
Knapp, Richard, mentioned, 391.
Knowles, Commodore, Admiral and Gov. Charles, appointed governor
of Louisburg, 452; letter signed by, 41 ; mentioned, 40, 56, 80, 99,
100, loi, 103, 104, 162, 163, 171, 175, 176, 177, 191, 248, 358, 360,
376, 467; to meet and act with William Shirley, 39.
Knox, John, soldier, 116.
Krown, Jarvis, soldier, 135.
“La Vierge ue Grace” ship, agreement for use of, 75; charge or
expense of for each colony, 345; mentioned, 79, 80, 343.
Lackey, Matthew, soldier, 148.
Lacy, Lieut., mentioned, 263.
La Groix, Sieur, mentioned as prisoner, 77.
Lake Ontario, mentioned, 5.
Lamkin, Joshua, soldier, 130.
Lamphier, Isaac, soldier, 126.
Lane, Hezekiah, soldier, 135.
Lane, James, soldier, 149.
Lane, Thomas, mentioned, 413, 420, 472.
“ Lark” sloop, hired by the colony, 459.
Larregny or Larreguy, Capt., mentioned, 75, 80.
Lattin, Benjamin, soldier, 157.
Laurence, Gideon, soldier, 139.
Law, Gov. Jonathan, attestations signed by, 458, 459, 464; certificate
made and signed by, iii; documents signed by, 118, 123, 127, 132,
136, 141, 145, 150, 154, 159, 262; letters written by, 9, 14, 15, 26,
28, 35, 43, 44, 54, 55, 57, 63, 70, 72, 82, 85, 98, 102, 103, 106, io8,
170, 172, 188, 189, 190, 193, 197, 200, 208, 211, 215, 224, 225, 229,
230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 239, 240, 247, 248, 249, 252, 254, 256,
257, 261, 263, 267, 273, 274, 275, 276, 279, 283, 292, 307, 308, 310,
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320, 322, 323, 326, 329, 331, 336, 337, 340, 345, 355, 385, 398, 399,
401, 402, 404, 405, 406, 415, 418, 422, 423, 426, 435, 438, 446, 454,
464; letters written to, 3, 4, 7, ro, 12, 13, 16, 18, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30,
33. 36. 38, 41. 42, 44. 45. 46, 47. 5o. 51. 52. 53. 58. 59. 60. 61, 62, 63,
68, 69, 72, 73, 83, 84, 86, 96, 99, 107, 109, 160, 161, 162, 164, 167,
170. 175. 180, 181, 186, 187, 192, 194, 196, 199, 200, 201, 205, 206,
207, 209, 210, 212, 215, 216, 219, 221, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229,
233, 234, 238, 240, 241, 242, 246, 248, 250, 251, 253, 255, 257, 259,
263, 264, 266, 268, 269, 271, 272, 278, 279, 284, 285, 286, 290, 295,
296, 297, 298, 300, 306, 307, 309, 312, 313, 324, 325, 327, 328, 331,
333. 334. 335. 343, 35&, 363, 366, 369. 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 386,
387, 399, 404, 414, 416, 419, 420, 423, 427, 428, 429, 431, 439, 448,
452,453,454, 460, 465, 466, 471; mentioned, 96, 112, 113, 287,
326, 362, 438, 470, 474: perquisites to discussed, 329, 330, 331;
proclamation for fast issued and signed by, 196 ; remonstrance of
R. I. residents to, 202 ; sketch of, 440.
Law, Mrs. Jonathan, mentioned, 235, 358.
Lawrence, Samuel, document signed by, 319, 320.
Laws, proposed act of parliament to put a negative on colony’s men-
tioned, 297; purchase of paper for printing new edition of dis-
cussed, 312.
Leathercoat, John, soldier, 126.
Leavitt, Nehemiah, soldier, 135.
Lebanon, letter dated at, 312; mentioned, 395.
Lechmere, Mr., mentioned, 306, 327.
Ledyard, John, letters written by, 212, 233; letters written to, 222, 235;
mentioned, 225, 252, 253, 255, 446.
Lee, Capt. Benjamin, appointed officer, 113; document signed by, 141 ;
roll of company of, 138; soldier, 138.
Lee, Christopher, soldier, 153.
Lee, Capt. Stephen, mentioned, 438.
Leeds, Lieut. John, appointed officer, 113.
Leeds, Lieut. Thomas, soldier, 124.
Leeds, Serg. Thomas, soldier, 124.
Lefavors, George, soldier, 144.
•‘I’Heureux Retour” snow, capture of mentioned, 264; lading of
wrongly retained, 272 ; trouble about goods taken from, 284.
Lester, Eliphalet, soldier, 139.
Lestrange or Letstrange, John, soldier, 130.
Letters of marque, as to propriety of issuing, 211 ; authorized by king’s
proclamation, 236; granted by Conn., 201, 203; ordered granted
to captain of “Defence”, 250; to have been given to captain of
“Defence”, 240.
Levit, Mr., mentioned, 324.
Lewis, Mr., mentioned, 446.
Lewis, Charles, soldier, 139, 142.
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505
Lewis, Ely, soldier, 126.
Lewis, Hezekiah, soldier, 153.
Lewis, Jabez, soldier, 116.
Lewis. John, soldier, 126.
Libel, to be entered against captured vessel, 240.
Lilinston, Benedict, soldier, 153, 155.
Linsey, Michael, soldier, 148, 150.
Linus, Nathaniel, soldier, 116.
Lisbon, mentioned, 390.
Little, Otis, document signed by, 186.
Livingston, Peter van Hrugh, letter written by, 427 ; letter written to,
42O.
Livingston, Philip, document signed by, 95; letter written by, 189;
mentioned, 194.
Livingston, Robert, Jr., invoice of goods consigned to, (>(i.
Lockart, James, soldier, 144.
Lockwood, Abraham, soldier, 135.
Lomis, John, soldier, 121.
Loomiss, Elijah, soldier, 148.
London, documents dated at, 449, 474; letter addre.ssed to, 386; letters
dated at, 24, 25, 38, 44, 83, iii, 251, 257, 264, 266, 268, 269, 279,
295, 296, 297, 304, 306, 363, 369, 372, 383, 387, 395, 404, 423, 428,
429, 431, 460, 464, 465, 466; mentioned, 24, 161, 223, 264, 312, 315,
319- 334> 335. 338. 380, 420, 426, 430, 470.
London, Bishop of, mentioned, 298, 409, 429.
London merchants trading in New England, petition of mentioned,
268, 280, 282, 284.
Long, Beeston, document signed by, 474 ; letter written by, 306.
Long Island, mentioned, 234, 255.
Lord, Benjamin, soldier, 116.
Lord, Richard, letter written by, 212.
Loss, Jonathan, soldier, 126.
Lothrop, Col., mentioned, 197. .
Lothrop, Dr., mentioned, ,>6i.
Lothrop, Lieut. Asa, appointed officer, 113; soldier, 138.
Louisburg, account of charges in garrison being drawn up, 239 ; defence
of to be considered, 39; mentioned, 77, 78, 105, 107, 112, 197, 344,
367, 368, 373, 380, 392, 394, 445, 454, 455, 456, 460, 471; number of
Conn, troops in garrison at, 105; payment of expenses for reduc-
tion of solicited, 15 ; troops ordered for defence of, 452 ; see Cape
Breton.
Loveland, Robert, soldier, 116.
Loveless, James, soldier, 135.
Lucas, Ichabod, soldier, 116.
Lucas, Nathaniel, soldier, 144.
Luce, Daniel, soldier, 139.
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Luddington, James, soldier, 139.
Lumber, collector of duty on proposed, 72 ; exportation of mentioned, 87.
Luse, Benjamin, soldier, 116.
Lusignan, letter written by, 315.
Lydius, John H., invoice of goods to be forwarded to, 66; letter written
by, 48; mentioned, ii, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 46, 65.
Lyman, Lieut., mentioned, 12.
Lyman, Lieut. Daniel, appointed officer, 1 13 ; document signed by, 123 ;
soldier, 119.
Lyman, Serg. Ebenezer, soldier, 147.
Lyman, Elihu, mentioned, 232.
Lyman, Maj. Phineas, letter written to, 423; mentioned, 382, 422.
Lyme, mentioned, 350, 351, 354.
Lynd, Col., mentioned, 446.
Lynde, Samuel, document signed by, 303 ; letter written by, 59.
Lyon, Obadiah, soldier, 148.
Mack, Ebenezer, soldier, 126.
Mack, Hezekiah, soldier, 149.
Mack, Jonathan, soldier, 144.
Mack, Orlander, soldier, 131.
Mackey, Daniel, soldier, 116.
Mackintire, Robert, soldier, 130.
Maine, Indians of wish to make treaty of peace, 308.
“Major” schooner, hired for use of colony, 463.
Mallery, John, soldier, 135.
Mallery, Zacheus, soldier, 158.
Mancherow, Indus, soldier, 158.
Manning, Phinehas, soldier, 140.
Mansfield, Amos, soldier, 121.
Mansfield, Earl of, sketch of, 283.
Maqua Indians, have entered the war, 31; mentioned, 65.
Marble, David, soldier, 116, 119.
Marriage, clandestine, mentioned, 299, 320.
Marsh, William, soldier, 149.
Marshall, Col. Hubert, letter written by, 314; mentioned, 313.
Marshall, John, document signed by, 319, 320.
Martha’s Vineyard, mentioned, 234.
Martin, Lemuel, captive, 63.
Martineco, mentioned, 78.
Marvin, Nathaniel, soldier, 157.
Maryland, mentioned, 86, 93, 162, 246, 345; statement of expenses of in
intended expedition against Canada, 350.
Mascarene, Lieut. Gov. Jean Paul, letters written by, 21, 445; mention-
ed, 19, 102, 178.
Mason, Daniel, soldier, 139.
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507
Mason, John, soldier, 116.
Mason, Samuel, his suit mentioned, 16, igi, 266, 431, 432; petition of
to the king, 433.
Mason, Stephen, soldier, 126.
Massachusetts, action of Council of, 23; action of General Court of, i,
2, 1C5, 221, 270; agreement by commissioners of for carrying on
the war, 95; appropriation by for fitting out the Six Nations for
war, 42; boundary towns of mentioned, 323; declines to furnish
troops to fill New York’s quota, 165; difficulties in the govern-
ment of described, 191 ; grant by for encouraging Indians, 55;
letter written by General Court of, 286; mentioned, 33, 35, 62, 89,
91, 98, 103, 104, 105, 162, i8o, 182, 192, 197, 213, 239, 250, 263, 282,
286, 287, 297, 301, 303, 305, 311, 323, 324, 325, 338, 345, 366, 367, 381,
393i 395. 409, 436, 445, 472; proportion to be paid by for securing
friendship of Indians, 90; proposes to complete New York’s quota
of troops, 91 ; statement of expenses of in intended expedition
against Canada, 349; terms of agreement to report of commis-
sioners, 165, 168; troops of mentioned, 102; see Boundary,
Bounty, Frontiers, Soldiers.
Matthews, Benjamin, soldier, 131.
Matthews, Moses, soldier, 130.
Maurepas, Count de, mentioned, 80.
Mawchu, Roger, soldier, 12 1.
Mawee, Joseph, soldier, 153.
Mayo, John, soldier, 140.
Mead, Ezra, soldier, 135.
Mead, Ens. James, appointed officer, 114; soldier, 156.
Mead, Stephen, soldier, 159.
Mead, Serg. Thaddeus, soldier, 156.
Mediterranean sea, mentioned, 302.
Meech, Daniel, soldier, 144.
Meeson, John, soldier, 144.
Mekinzey, Gilbert, soldier, 135.
Menter, Robert, soldier, 126.
Merchandise, kinds of to be obtained in America for export, 389.
Merchant, Thomas, soldier, 153.
Merchants, petition of to commissioners of the treasury. 183.
Merriam, Ebenezer, soldier, 153.
Merriman, Amasai, soldier, 152.
Merrils, Nehemiah, soldier, 140.
Merry, John, soldier, 131.
Messenger, Elijah, soldier, 121.
Messenger, Joseph, soldier, 121.
Mezin, Jeffry, soldier, 126.
Mezin, Peter, soldier, 126.
5o8 law papers.
Middletown, about meeting of Commissioners at, 91, 190, 194; letters
dated at, 72, 194, 228, 416; mentioned, 92, 103, 169, 188, 189, 197,
198, 206, 390, 415.
Mientom, George, soldier, 144, 146.
Miers, John, soldier, 140.
Miler, Capt., mentioned, 255.
Miles, Stephen, soldier, 153.
Milford, Peter, soldier, 116.
Milford, documents dated at, in, 262, 461, 464; letters addressed to, 12,
16, 18, 23, 46, 51, 61, 62, 72, 86, III, 160, 161, 170, 180, 181, 186, 187,
192, 196, 199, 207, 209, 210, 212, 229, 233, 234, 248, 253, 256, 263, 278,
285, 296, 298, 309, 312, 324, 327, 335, 356, 382, 384, 399, 414, 416, 419,
423, 427, 428, 448; letters dated at, 14, 15, 26, 28, 54, 55, 57, 63, 70,
72, 82, 85, 102, 103, 106, 108, 170, 172, 188, 189, 190, 193, 197, 200,
208, 211, 215, 222, 224, 225, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 247, 248,
249, 252, 254, 257, 261, 263, 267, 273, 274, 275, 276, 279, 283, 292, 308,
310, 320, 322, 326, 329, 331, 343, 345, 355, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 404,
405, 406, 415, 418, 422, 426, 446, 454; mentioned, 182, 278, 300, 442.
Milford separate society, mentioned, 406.
Miller, Jeremiah, document signed by, 303; letters written by, 233, 256,
284, 285, 309, 328, 331, 419; letters written to, 233, 249, 254, 279,
329, 331, 446; mentioned, 253, 257, 372.
Miller, Jeremiah, Jr., mentioned, 256, 285.
Miller family, arms of, 256.
Millers river, mentioned, 97.
Mills, John, soldier, 157.
Minas (Menis), mentioned, 20, 21, 102, 177, 178.
Minor, Elihu, soldier, 149.
Minor, Thomas, soldier, 144.
Minor, Corp. Thomas, soldier, 147.
Minorca, mentioned, 218.
Mitchell, Lewis, soldier, 139.
Mix, James, soldier, 144.
Mix, Jonathan, soldier, 121.
Mix, Timothy, appointed surgeon, 114; soldier, 115.
Modena, Duke of, mentioned, 468.
Mohawk Indians, goods to be given to, 90; mentioned, 339.
Moheegs, John, soldier, 144.
Moheegs, John, Jr., soldier, 144.
Mohegan case, discussed, 431; mentioned, 25, 266; petition of Samuel
Mason for money to carry on, 433.
Mohegan Indians, desire to choose a sachem, 290, 296; guardians of
mentioned, 290.
Money, see Coin, Paper Currency, Proclamation.
Monson, document signed by, 456.
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509
Montauk, mentioned, 447. ,
Monteque, John, soldier, 121.
Montreal, mentioned, 65, 80, 82, iqo, 315.
Mooch, Ben, soldier, 149.
Mooch, Isaac, soldier, 140.
Moorfields, mentioned, 386.
More, Arthur, soldier, 149.
Morehouse, Thaddeus, soldier, 135, 137.
Morgan, Joseph, soldier, 135, 153.
Morgan, Corp. Nathaniel, soldier, 147.
Morison (Morrison), Normand, appointed physician and surgeon, 114;
soldier, 115.
Morison, Lieut. Normand, appointed officer, 114; soldier, 147.
Morris, John, soldier, 153, 156.
Morris, Col. and Judge Lewis, letter written by, 272; mentioned, 241,
279, 284.
Morrison, Roderick, appointed quarter master, 115; soldier, iiG.
Moses, Ely, soldier, 144.
Hosier, Samuel, soldier, 158.
Moss, Jonathan, soldier, 153, 155.
Moss, Solomon, Jr., soldier, 153.
Moulton, Mr., mentioned, 333.
Mulberry trees, climate agrees with, 192.
Mumford, William, document signed by, 205.
Munn, Samuel, soldier, 157.
Munrow, David, soldier, 158.
Munson, Joseph, soldier, 121.
Murch, Richard, soldier, 157.
Murray, Joseph, document signed by, 95; letter written by, 189.
Murry, William, document signed by, 283; sketch of, 283.
Murson, David, soldier, 157.
Mustee, Sol. soldier, 149.
“Nabby” sloop, hired for use of colony, 459.
Nantasket, mentioned, 100.
Nauten, Andrew, soldier, 121.
Negro, Adam, soldier, 153.
Negro, Charles, soldier, 153.
Negro, John, soldier, 144.
Negro, Peter, soldier, 144.
Negro, Simon, soldier, 158, 159.
Neland, John, soldier, 144.
Nelson, Andris, soldier, 149.
Nepash, Joseph, soldier, 131.
Newbury, letter dated at, 350; mentioned, 350, 351, 352, 355, 396.
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Newcastle, Duke of, letters written by, 39, 452; letter written to, 14;
mentioned, 15, 25, 39, 83, 99, 104, 105, 112, 115, 163, 171, 172, 173,
176, 177, 191, 376, 436, 439.
Newcastle, mentioned, 405.
Newell, Liftis or Loftis, soldier, 126.
Newell, Serg. Thomas, soldier, 119.
New England, mentioned, no, 183, 184, 213, 219, 223, 226, 268, 271, 277,
281, 283, 286, 287, 288, 289, 291, 293, 306, 314, 381, 386, 388, 389,
390, 394, 429, 432.
New England troops, mentioned, 178.
New England vessels liable to seizure, from not taking out cockets,
203; under letters of marque granted by Conn., 201.
Newfoundland, mentioned, 99.
New France, mentioned, 75.
Newhall, Eleazer, mentioned, 124; soldier, 121, 123.
New Hampshire, mentioned, 7, 26, 50, 53, 91, 93, 112, 162, 168, 180, 192,
220, 221, 246, 270, 282, 287, 289, 300, 308 323, 345, 366; statement
of expenses of in intended expedition against Canada, 349;
troops of mentioned, 2.
New-Hampton, is deserted, 237; soldiers to be posted at, 237.
New Haven, letter addressed to, 450; letters dated at, 9, 98, 207, 326,
337. 340, 385, 438, 448; mentioned, 26, 82, 168, 178, 222, 228, 399,
401.
New Jersey, mentioned, 93, 171, 316, 335, 345, 365, 368, 424, 434; state-
ment of expenses of in intended expedition against Canada, 350.
New lights, mentioned, 354.
New London, documents dated at, 115, 119, 124, 129, 133, 138, 142,
147, 151, 156; letter dated at, 210, 229, 233, 238, 248, 255, 256,
263, 284, 285, 290, 309, 328, 331, 419, 448, 450; mentioned, 209,
210, 234, 238, 239, 255, 273, 302, 330, 331, 372, 397, 416, 418, 419,
424, 448, 454, 458, 461, 462; should be put in state of defence, 446.
New London river, mentioned, 300.
New Marlborough, soldiers to be posted at, 237.
Newport, document dated at, 202; letters dated at, 30, 201, 439; men-
tioned, 248, 387.
New tenor bills, mentioned, 435, 438.
Newton, John, soldier, 153.
Newton, mentioned, 338.
New York, agreement by commissioners of for carrying on the war, 95 ;
agrees to only part of commissioners’ report, 171; currency of
mentioned, 89, 90; difficulties in government of mentioned, iSS,
191 ; documents dated at, 95, 315, 319; letters dated at, 28, 51,
187, 205, 216, 221, 224, 240, 242, 272, 427; letter written by? com-
missioners of, 189; mentioned, 7, 13, 27, 36, 47, 49, 53, 55, 57, 58,
65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 79, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 93, 103, 104,
105, 106, no, 161, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 187, 188,
INDEX.
51I
i8g, igo, ig4, ig7, ig8, 206, 207, 212, 231, 232, 238, 23g, 24g, 250,
255> 2g6, 301, 302, 303, 320, 345, 347, 373, 422, 423, 426, 428,
446, 450; proportion to be paid by for securing friendship of
Indians, go; statement of expenses of in intended expedition
against Canada, 34g; troops raised in to be soon discharged,
108 ;
Nichols, Jonas, soldier, 140.
Nichols, Jonathan, document signed by, 205.
Nickolls, Samuel, soldier, 135.
Nickols, Nicholas, soldier, 131.
Nicol, Pompy, soldier, 135.
Nicoll, W., document signed by, gs.
Niles, Stephen, soldier, 144.
Nipissing Indians, mentioned, 315.
Noble, John, soldier, 121.
Noguier, Prime, soldier, 135.
Nonsuch, Peter, soldier, 126.
Norris, Henry, Jr., document signed by, 474; letters written by, 304,
306.
Norris, Mrs. Henry, Jr., mentioned, 304, 305.
Norridgewalk Indians, appointment for meeting with mentioned, 323;
mentioned, 308.
Northampton, letters dated at, 28, 31, 64, g6, 236; mentioned, 33, 61, 87.
Northfield, troops from Conn, sent to, 103; mentioned, g6, g7, 260, 261,
272, 273, 274, 2g2.
Northrup, John, soldier, 158.
Northrup, Thomas, soldier, 158.
Norton, Rev. Mr., mentioned as prisoner, 17.
Norton, Peter, soldier, i4g.
Norwalk, letter dated at, 3gg.
Norwich, letters dated at, 16, sg. 212, 234, 2g6; mentioned, 284, 285, 461.
Nova Scotia, about proposal to send Conn, troops to, 26; defence of to
be considered, 3g; disaster to Mass, troops in described, 18, 21,
23; mentioned, gg, 300, 308, 345, 347; movements of enemy in
described, 177; settlement of mentioned, 321; state of affairs in
described, 18; troops have been sent into, 102.
Noyes, Mr., mentioned, 210.
Noyes, Dea. , mentioned, 210.
Number Four, attack by French and Indians at, 321 ; guard ordered to,
g7; mentioned, 27, 61, 235; probably attacked by the enemy, 451 ;
provisions needed at, 260, 261.
Oatman, John, soldier, 158.
Odiorne, Jotham, mentioned, 333.
Officers, rate of payment for, 163.
Old Lyme, mentioned, 350.
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Old tenor bills, mentioned, 435, 438.
Oliver, Andrew, mentioned, i.
Oliver, Andrew, & Co., mentioned, 366.
Oliver, Andrew, & Phillips, mentioned, 425.
Olivey, William, soldier, 116.
Oneida Indians, goods to be given to, 90 ; gunsmith to be sent to, 89 ;
have entered the war, 31.
Oneshoe, Solomon, soldier, 140.
Onnontaugee, mentioned, 32.
Onondaga Indians, goods to be given to, go ; gunsmith to be sent to,
8g; have entered the war, 31.
Onondaga, mentioned, 240, 242, 247.
Onteza Indians, mentioned, 315,
Orange, Jean, desires to return to France, 291.
Orange, mentioned, 315.
Orator, Thomas, soldier, 121.
Orkneys, mentioned, 248.
Orvis, Oliver, soldier, 12 1.
Osborn, Hon. John, mentioned, 67.
Osborne, J., documeiit signed by, 270; letter written by, 454.
Osburn, Jeremiah, Jr., soldier, 121.
Oswego, letter written from, 447.
Oswego, Commanding officer at, letter written by, 447.
Otis, Mr., mentioned, 2.
Otterskill, mentioned, 314.
Oviat, Samuel, soldier, 153.
Owen, Asahel, soldier, 116.
Owen, Joshua, soldier, 149.
Owen, Philip, soldier, 140.
Owen, Solomon, soldier, 140.
Paice, Nathaniel, document signed by, 186.
Pain, Darius, soldier, 121, 123.
Pain, Seth, appointed officer, 114; soldier, 147.
Palmer, Eliakim, account of — discussed, 407, itemized, 449, paid in full,
432; bill for services of, 473; death of mentioned, 327, 334, 336,
340; executors of — letters written by, 306, 336, 400, mentioned,
330, 341, 342, 363, 410; illness and death of described, 304; letters
written by, 24, 25, 38, 44, 83, 251, 257, 264, 266, 268, 269, 279, 295,
296, 297, 460, 464, 465, 466; letters written to, 15, 103, igo, 197, 239,
276 ; memorial of executors in behalf of estate of, 470 ; mentioned,
18, 107, 112, 193, 249, 252, 267, 275, 278, 282, 284, 293, 306, 308, 312,
325, 335. 341. 343. 365. 366. 367. 368, 369, 370, 371, 374, 380, 398, 399,
400, 401, 402, 403, 406, 410, 417, 418, 419, 425, 455, 456, 471, 474; pay-
ment of salary of mentioned, 311, 322, 325, 326; petition sent by,
182 ; represented as not well treated by the colony, 370 ; salary of —
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amount paid discussed, 406, 413, 415, 418, 419, 422, ordered paid,
loO; sum due him stated, 428; see Ralston & Palmer.
Palmer, Mrs. Eliakim, mentioned, 304, 305.
Palmer, George, soldier, 140.
Palmer, Isaac, soldier, 158.
Palmer, Thomas, soldier, 126.
Palmer, Thomas, mentioned, 413; petition by, 470.
Palmer, William, document signed by, 474; letter written by, 306.
Palmes, Dr., mentioned, 463.
Pangburn, James, soldier, 153.
Paper, procuring of for printing colony’s laws discussed, 312, 323, 329,
331-
Paper currency, issue of discussed, 169; proposed act of parliament for
regulating and restraining in the colonies considered, 295, 297,
324, 365, 473; redemption of discussed, 184, 219, 223, 226, 265, 268,
270; value of of New England colonies discussed, 183; see Com-
missioners, Counterfeit bills, Money.
Paper currency of Conn., account of — detailed, 435, 438, desired in Eng.,
465, 469, to be sent to Eng., 337, 341 ; appropriations made for re-
deeming, 310, 341; circulation of prohibited in Mass., 287; depre-
ciation of discussed, 276 ; redemption of considered and discussed,
230, 232, 248, 257, 277, 278, 284, 294, 439.
Paper currency of Mass., redemption of discussed and voted, 286, 287,
293. 297.
Paper currency of New Hampshire, circulation of prohibited in Mass.,
287.
Paper currency of Rhode Island, called pernicious, 214; circulation of
prohibited in Mass., 287.
Pareen, Peter, mentioned, 238.
Paris, mentioned, 254, 372.
Parish, Hezekiah, soldier, 153.
Parish, William, soldier, 149.
Park, Ezekiel, soldier, 117.
Park, Isaac, soldier, 140.
Park, John Adam, soldier, 144.
Park, Nathaniel, soldier, 126.
Parker, Moses, soldier, 153.
Parrish, Joseph, soldier, 144.
Parritt, John, soldier, 135.
Parsons, Jonathan, letter written by, 350; sketch of, 350.
Partridge, Oliver, document signed by, 95.
Partridge, Col. Richard, agent — appointed as, 406, accepts appointment
as, 424, choice of as mentioned, 402, recommended as, 334; letters
written by, 363, 383, 387, 404, 423, 428, 431 ; letters written to, 406,
418, 426; mentioned, 282, 354, 36S, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 378,
399, 401, 402, 403, 416, 418, 419, 420, 422, 426, 427, 430, 472.
33
514
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Patterson or Pateson, Lieut. John, appointed officer, 113, 199; men-
tioned, 201 ; soldier, 129.
Pattin, Cornelius, soldier, 144.
Pattison, Edward, soldier, 117.
Pattison, John, soldier, 117.
Pattison, Corp. William, soldier, 115.
Paywell, Hugh, soldier, 135.
Peace, articles of signed, 465, 466, 467; expected soon, 252; prelimin-
aries of agreed upon, 254; proclamation of issued, 466; treaty of
concluded, 468.
Peakes, Capt., mentioned, 405.
Pearl, John, soldier, 149,
Pease, Christopher, soldier, 131.
Pease, Peter, soldier, 13 1.
Peathouse, John, soldier, 131.
Peck, Charles, soldier, 131.
Peck, Cornelius, soldier, 117.
Peck, Ward, soldier, 121.
Pegon, James, soldier, 144, 147.
Pelham, Mr., mentioned, 266, 273, 276, 367, 375, 377, 394.
Penken, Benjamin, document signed by, 186.
Pennsylvania, mentioned, 79, 85, 93, 162, 335, 345, 365; statement of
expenses of in intended expedition against Canada, 350.
Penobscot Indians, commissioners to meet with, 323; mentioned, 308.
Pepperrell, Gen. and Sir William, letter written by, 180; letter written
to, 193; mentioned, 25, 192, 198, 386; regiment of mentioned, 39;
to be asked to certify to service of Conn, troops at Louisburg,
105, 107.
Perquisites to governors, discussed, 329, 330, 331.
Perry, John, soldier, 159.
Perry, Samuel, soldier, 158.
Persons, Jesse, soldier, 158.
Persons, William, soldier, 158.
Pertilow, William, soldier, 126.
Phelps, John, soldier, 144.
Philadelphia, mentioned, 49, 314.
Philips, James, soldier, 140.
Philips, Samuel, soldier, 140.
Phillips, mentioned, 425.
Phillips, Capt., mentioned, 425.
Phillips or Philipps, Maj. and Lieut. Gen., mentioned, 21, 22; regiment
• of mentioned, 39, 99.
Phips, Lieut. Gov. Spencer, letter written by, 343 ; letters written to,
345. 355: mentioned, 259, 260, 323, 326.
Pierce, Samuel, soldier, 135.
Pierson, Timothy, soldier, 117.
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Pike, Serg. David, soldier, 129.
Pike, Nathaniel, soldier, 140, 142.
Pike, Samuel, soldier, 140.
Pilots, letter written by, 448.
Pitchard, Benjamin, soldier, 120.
Pitkin, Col. Joseph, letter written to, 396; mentioned, 3, 290, 293, 379,
390, 391, 427.
Pitkin, Maj. William, letters written by, 59, in; letter written to, 267;
mentioned, 170, 250, 311.
Pitkin & Trumble, mentioned, 279.
Pitt, J., letter written by, 244.
Pitt, William, mentioned, 424.
Pittsfield, mentioned, 395.
Platt, Joseph, document signed by, 303.
Plumb, Bailey, soldier, 117.
Plumb, John, soldier, 153.
Plumer, R., document signed by, 456.
Poheeg, Daniel, soldier, 126.
Polley, Jonathan, soldier, 131.
Pomet, Samuel, soldier, 126.
Pomroy, Maj., mentioned, 87.
Poney, Robert, soldier, 135.
Pooler, Humphrey, suspected of sending blackmailing letters, 333.
Porter, Mr., mentioned, 396.
Porter, Amos, soldier, 116.
Porter, Serg. John, soldier, 133.
Portman. Richard, soldier, 158.
Portsmouth, letter dated at, 41; mentioned, 224, 239, 391.
Potter, Enos, soldier, 158.
Powder, to be sent to Conn., 446.
Powel, Joseph, soldier, 117.
Powell, John, document signed by, 186.
Power, Capt. , mentioned, 18.
Powers, Corp. Peter, soldier, 124.
Pratt, Serg. John, soldier, 119.
Prentice, Capt. John, mentioned, 447.
Presbyterians, statement of circumstances and persecution of at
Newbury, 351.
President, Mr., mentioned, 248.
Preston, Ebenezer, soldier, 153.
Preston, Isaac, soldier, 153.
Preston, Jonathan, soldier, 13 1.
Preston, Joseph, soldier, 149.
Price, Benjamin, soldier, 117.
Price, Lemuel, soldier, 135.
Prince, Mr., mentioned, 26.
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516
Prindle, Benjamin, soldier, 135.
Printing of act of parliament in Conn, mentioned, 294 ; of colony laws
mentioned, 312, 323, 329; see Paper.
Prisoners, act authorizing exchange of mentioned, 55 ; agreement for
return of, 75; bounty paid for, 81; exchange of considered, 44,
50. 11, 3i4;-expense of exchange of, 343, 345; French in Conn.,
already released, 63; mentioned, 16, it, list of, 63, 74; payment
of cost of exchange of, 82, 346; proposal for ransoming, 74, 82;
redemption of considered, 43, 59, 63; report given by returned,
97 : returned, 73 ; reward to be given Indians for, 65 ; treatment
of, 81; see Bounty, Cartel, English, Flag, French, Scalps.
Privateer, authorized by king’s proclamation, 235 ; proposal to send
“Defence” as, 214; reported fitting out, 445; threat to sink, 213;
see Flag of truce.
Prize, vessel not taken as, 331.
Prizes taken at sea, proceeds from sale of how divided, 329.
Proclamation, about privateering discussed, 235; against French
trade — mentioned, 217, 239, text of, 218; for cessation of hostili-
ties mentioned, 254, 262, 263, 264, 266, 277; for a fast in Conn.,
194; for peace mentioned, 314, 466, 468; for taking off prohibi-
tion of commerce mentioned, 467 ; see War.
Proclamation money, mentioned, 310.
Protestants, act of parliament for naturalizing foreign received, 245,
334; mentioned, 380.
Prout, William, to care for kings woods, 41.
Provisions, account of to be 'supplied by commissaries for Cape Breton
expedition, 449; mentioned, 2, 3; sent to soldiers on frontier,
61, 64.
Puffendorf, mentioned, 293.
Puffer, James, soldier, 149.
Puner, Robin, soldier, 140.
Pynchon, Maj., mentioned, 47.
Quakers, mentioned, 315, 352.
Quanney, John, soldier, 149.
Quarters, Cyrus, soldier, 117.
Quawhawg, John, soldier, 126.
Quebec, agreements made and dated at, 75, 76; letter dated at, 77;
mentioned, 16, 50, 73, 75, 77, 78, 80, 82, 190, 321, 344, 348.
Queech, Thomas, soldier, 135.
Queeheets, Tom, soldier, 127.
Queries of Board of Trade about Conn., committee appointed to
answer, 277; list of, 242; reply sent to, 300.
Quiamps, John, soldier, 144.
Quigicks, Tom, soldier, 126.
Quincy, Joseph, document signed by, 186.
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Quinnebaug river, mentioned, 300.
Quocheets, Tom, soldier, 128.
Quonney, John, soldier, 144.
Ramsey, Mr. de, mentioned, 21, 102, 177, 178.
Ramsey, Andrew, mentioned, 315, 318, 319.
Ranney, John, soldier, 115.
Ransford, Jonathan, .soldier, 140.
Ransom, Stephen, soldier, 126.
Read, John, discusses survey made of his land, 87, 178; letters written
by, 4, 87, 178.
Read or Reed, Lieut. Jonathan, appointed officer, 113; document
signed by, 127: soldier, 124.
Read, William, document signed by, 205.
Redfield, Ens. Daniel, appointed officer, 113; soldier, 124.
Regiment for intended expedition against Canada, see Canada.
Reynold, Corp. Joseph, appointed officer, 146; soldier, 145.
Reynolds, John, soldier, 149.
Rhode Island, mentioned, 26, 50, 93, 112, 162, 210, 212, 213, 214,
220, 221, 252, 255, 270, 280, 282, 287, 289, 296, 300, 301, 335, 345,
366, 368, 378, 384, 409, 425, 433; remonstrance of residents of,
202; sloop of — mentioned, 232, 234, 447, to be put in com-
mission, 30; statement of expenses of in intended expedition
against Canada, 347, 350; troops of mentioned, 55.
Richards, Col., mentioned, 2.
Richards, John, letters written by, 212, 290; mentioned, 296.
Richardson, Ebenezer, document signed by, 205.
Richmond, Duke of, death of mentioned, 424.
Rickets, William, mentioned, 316.
Ripley, Ens. and Lieut. Nathaniel or Nathan, appointed officer, 113,
200; mentioned, 201; soldier, 138.
Robbards, Abiel, Jr., soldier, 153.
Robbin, James, soldier, 143.
Robbin, John, soldier, 117, 144.
Roberson, Lieut. Eliakira, soldier, 156; see Robinson.
Roberson, Thomas, soldier, 156.
Roberts, Col., mentioned, 15, 48, 51.
Roberts, John, mentioned, 463; soldier, 121.
Robings, John, soldier, 126.
Robins, Peter, soldier, 140. '
Robinson, Judge, mentioned, 210.
Robinson, Lieut. Eliakim, appointed officer, 114; see Roberson.
Robison, Daniel, soldier, 122.
Rochelles, mentioned, 75.
Roddam, Capt. Robert, mentioned, 298.
Rodling, John or Jonathan, soldier, 13 1.
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Rogers, Mr., mentioned, 279, 284.
Rogers, Jonathan, soldier, 126.
Roice, Benjamin, soldier, 121.
Rolls of soldiers inlisted for intended expedition against Canada,
Rood, Isaac, soldier, 135.
Rood, Jabez, soldier, 149.
Root, Caleb, soldier, 13 1.
Roots, Benajah, soldier, 133.
Rose, Joseph, soldier, 149.
Rosmonton, John, soldier, 131.
Ross, Joseph, soldier, 149.
Roundeye, John, soldier, 140.
Rous, John, document signed by, 186.
Rouse, Capt., mentioned, 22, 248.
Row, Charles, soldier, 135.
Rowley, Isaac, soldier, 126.
Rowlison, John, soldier, 126.
Rowse, John, soldier, 131, 132.
Royal, Mr., mentioned, 2.
Rudd, Gideon, soldier, 149, 151.
Rude, Caleb, soldier, 145.
Rugg, David, killed by the enemy, 451.
Ruggles, Abijah, soldier, 153.
Rumble, James, soldier, 131.
Rumsey, Daniel, soldier, 135.
Runchepash, Daniel, soldier, 158.
Rushuck, John, soldier, 158.
Russell, John, document signed by, 303.
Russell, see Bedford, Duke of.
Russia, mentioned, 192.
Rust, Mr., mentioned, 87.
Rutte, Jasper, soldier, 121.
Rutte, Thomas, soldier, 122.
Ryder, Sir Dudley, report signed by, 283 ; sketch of, 283.
Sabin, Ichabod, soldier, 149.
Saffery, see Woodward.
St. Augustine, mentioned, 303.
St. Clair, Gen., mentioned, 105.
St. Francois, expedition against mentioned, 7.
St. Francois river, mentioned, 308.
St. James, Court at, document dated at, 218.
St. John’s, fort being built at, 321.
St. John’s island, mentioned, 21, 80.
St. John’s river, mentioned, 308.
St. John’s river Indians, conference with mentioned, 445.
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St. Lawrence river, land near taken up by the French, 4; mentioned,
5. 43. 93. i9f), 321 ; proposal that naval force go up, 92.
St. Sacrema lake, French fort reported at, 49.
Saltonstall, Col. Gurdon, itemized bill of as commissary, 462; letters
written by, 229, 248, 255, 263, 450; letters written to, 224, 252;
mentioned, 226, 229, 262, 284, 330, 332.
Sanchuse, Peter, soldier, 117.
Sandford, Thomas, document signed by, 186.
Sandwich, Lord, mentioned, 465.
Sanford, Ebenezer, soldier, 135.
Sanford or Sandford, Lieut. Samuel, 3d, appointed officer, 114; docu-
ment signed by, 154; soldier, 15 1.
Saratoga, many persons killed at, 55; mentioned, 7, 49, 58, 64.
Sardinia, mentioned, 465, 467, 468.
Sark, mentioned, 218.
Sarterly, Serg. Benedict, soldier, 138.
Sartle, Jonathan, captured, 97.
Sault St. Louis, mentioned, 315.
Sawyer, Andrew, soldier, 1 1 7.
Sawyer, Corp. Jacob, soldier, 124.
Saybrook platform of church government, mentioned, 350.
Saymore, Eliakim, soldier, 131.
Scalps, payment for mentioned, 83, 250; price paid for, 81; reward to
be given Indians for, 65 ; see Bounty.
Scarr, Capt., mentioned, 384.
Scarriot, Silas, soldier, 158.
Schaghkooke, mentioned, 314.
Schuchburgh, Dr., mentioned, 319.
Schuyler, Col., mentioned, 64.
Scotch rebels, mentioned, 83.
Scott, George, soldier, 122.
Scovel, Arter, soldier, 149.
Scranton, Stutely, soldier, 145.
Scrivener, Robert, soldier, 13 1.
Seager, John, soldier, 135.
Seal of the governor, to be placed on commissions, 52. '
Sealah, John, soldier, 158.
Seamen debtors, being impressed, 264.
Seanoxset, John, soldier, 145.
Sear, Capt., mentioned, 387.
“Secess” sloop, hired for use of colony, 463; see “Success.”
Secretary of War, report made by, 455.
Seeley, Justus, soldier, 135.
Seneca (Cinikass) Indians, country of mentioned, 447; goods to be
given to, 90; gunsmiths to be sent to, 89; mentioned, 65.
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Sergeant, Rev. John, mentioned, 339, 340; missionary work of describ-
ed, 338.
Sessions, Mr., mentioned, 86.
Sessions, Abijah, soldier, 149.
Seville, mentioned, 388.
Sexton, Corp. Ebenezer, soldier, 152.
Shaddack, Joseph, soldier, 145.
Sharpe, John, mentioned, 342, 364, 366, 371, 375, 401, 407, 409, 431, 449,
473-
Sharpe, W., document signed by, 7.
Shase, Peter, soldier, 158.
Shaw, Corp. John, soldier, 150.
Shawan, Jonathan, soldier, 131.
Shearman, Robert, document signed by, 205.
Sheffield, mentioned, 52, 60, 61, 225, 355, 356, 423.
Sheffield upper parish, soldiers to be posted at, 237.
Shelden, Asher, soldier, 131.
Sheldon, Capt. , mentioned, 351.
Sheldon, Aaron, provision to be left with, 61 ; mentioned, 64.
Shetucket river, mentioned, 300.
Sherlock, Thomas, soldier, 122.
Sherman, Thomas, soldier, 158.
Sherwood, Andrew, soldier, 122.
Sherwood, Isaac, soldier, 158.
Shipman, David, soldier, 122.
Shipman, Jonathan, soldier, 117.
Shipman, Stephen, soldier, 117, 119.
Shipping, details of a proposed undertaking in, 389.
Shirley, Gov. William, address of Mass. General Court to, i ; attesta-
tion of copy of document by, 23 ; discussion by of payment of
expenses of intended expedition against Canada, 358, 360; docu-
ments signed by, 3, 166, 221, 271 ; letter signed by, 41 ; letters
written by, 3, 7, 10, 13, 18, 27, 33, 42, 47, 53, 55, 58, 68, 69, 73, 96,
99, 162, 164, 167, 175, 206, 219, 227, 241, 246, 272, 290, 307, 333,
358, 360; letters written to, 9, 15, 21, 26, 28, 39, 43, 54, 63, 70, 77,
82, 98, 102, 172, 230, 248, 260, 274, 283, 291, 292, 307, 310, 326, 445,
451; mentioned, 13, 23, 24, 35, 51, 57, 61, 63, 67, 75, 85, 96, 103, 104,
105, 108, 162, 169, 171, 190, 191, 198, 204, 226, 227, 231, 232, 239, 247,
251, 255, 258, 261, 270, 273, 275, 277, 280, 295, 311, 312, 321, 323, 324,
329, 330, 343, 344, 345, 346, 356, 363, 370, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 378,
379i 395> 401, 414, 420, 453, 454, 467; regiment of mentioned, 39;
reputation of discussed, 394.
“Shirley” galley, mentioned, 345.
Silby, Benjamin, soldier, 122.
Silliman (Sylliman), Mr., mentioned, 222, 226.
Silliman, Col., mentioned, 451.
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Silliman (Siliman), Ebenezer, mentioned, 234, 235.
Silk, about act of parliament to encourage culture of in the colonies,
387, 397, 413, 414. 427; encouragement for raising of desired, 191,
252, 410; methods used in preparing mentioned, 192; premium
for raising of mentioned, 277; sent to England, 322, 325.
Silver money. Mass, bill to ascertain value of mentioned, 286; proposal
for borrowing discussed, 230, 232, 273, 277; value of discussed, 288.
Silwell, William, document signed by, 186.
Simon<, Jonathan, soldier, 149.
Simons, Joshua, soldier, 149.
Six Nations of Indians, being fitted out for war, 29; commissioners to
treat with suggested, 246; expense of fitting out for war, 36,
42; have enlered the war, 31, 33; in danger from enemy, 58;
inquiry into needs of for war, 35; interview to be held with, 246;
meeting of commissioners for encouraging proposed, 53; men-
tioned, 2, 4, II, 32, 54, 61, 69, 70, 93, no, 207, 302; that they will
join the French — feared, 69, not feared, 70; to join the English,
29, 89; see Commissioners, Five Nations.
Skidmore, Thomas, soldier, 135.
Skinner, Josiah, soldier, 131.
Skofeld, Stephen, soldier, 131.
Slator, John, soldier, 145.
Slocum, Ebenezer, letters of marque granted to, 201; mentioned, 203.
Slone, Alexander, soldier, 158.
Sluys, mentioned, 71.
Small pox, mentioned, 4.
Smally, Capt. Daniel, mentioned, 461.
Smeed, John, killed, 97.
Smith, Ens., widow of, an English pensioner, 391.
Smith, David, soldier, 140.
Smith, Elijah, soldier, 153.
Smith, Enoch, soldier, 117.
Smith, Hezekiah, soldier, 126.
Smith, Israel, soldier, 122.
Smith, James, soldier, 158.
Smith, Jonathan, soldier, 117, 119.
Smith, Joseph, soldier, 158.
Smith, Josiah, soldier, 153, 155.
Smith, Mathew, soldier, 158.
Smith, Moses, soldier, 140.
Smith, Simon, soldier, 117, 119.
Smith, Corp. Stephen, soldier, 115.
Smith, Thomas, soldier, 126.
Smith, William, soldier, 135.
Smithson, Thomas, soldier, 126.
Smithson, Lieut. William, appointed officer, 113; soldier, 119.
522
LAW PAPERS.
Sobuck, William, soldier, 145.
Soldier, Mallit, soldier, 135.
Soldiers and frontier, abuses of alleged, 160; account of provisions
sent to, 355; desired sent to by Mass., 68, 167, 227, 273, 274; dis-
like to go to place ordered, 236; many sick at garrisons 261 ; num-
ber of mentioned, 57, 71, 97, 248; proposed locations of in Mass.,
237; sent or ordered to Mass., 52, 71, 103, no, 172; Mass, will
not subsist those from Conn., 263; whipping of described, 161;
withdrawn from, 60, 64, 71, 451; see Canada, Cape Breton, Con-
necticut troops. Frontiers, Hampshire Co.
Solicitor General, report signed by, 281.
Somers, desires to come under jurisdiction of Conn., 98; mentioned,
342.
Southern colonies, troops of mentioned, 2, ii.
South worth, Beriah, soldier, 149.
Spain, accedes to preliminaries of peace, 254; mentioned, 265, 266, 277,
327, 465, 467, 468.
Spaniards, mentioned, 239, 243, 244, 252, 303.
Spanish privateers, expected at Delaware bay, 232.
Sparrow, Samuel, his entering into partnership for trade discussed,
388; mentioned, 390, 391.
Spearks, Joseph, soldier, 149.
Spelman, Thomson, soldier, 122.
Spencer, Charles, will of sought, 391.
Spendar, Capt., mentioned, 366, 384, 388.
Spooner, John, document signed by, 186.
Spooner, William, soldier, 135.
Springfield, mentioned, 182, 356, 408.
Squier, Benjamin, soldier, 135.
Stallin, Ebenezer, soldier, 140.
Stanley, Timothy, soldier, 117.
Stanly, John, soldier, 140.
Stanly, Serg. Josiah, soldier, 151.
Stanly, Col. Nathaniel, letters written by, 52, 59, 60, 384, 453; letters
written to, 57, 385, 454; mentioned, 63, 250, 355, 382.
Stanly, Timothy, mentioned, 66.
Stannard, Joseph, soldier, 145.
Stanton, Joseph, soldier, 149.
Stanwich, mentioned, 299.
Staples, James, soldier, 149.
Stark, Serg. William, soldier, 138.
Starr, Capt. Josiah, appointed officer, 113; document signed by, 136;
mentioned, 393; roll of company of, 133; soldier, 133.
Stebbens, Ebenezer, soldier, 131.
Stebbins, Benoni, soldier, 135.
Stebbins, Christopher, soldier, 143.
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Stebbins, Peter, soldier, 140.
Steel, act of parliament to prevent making of in the colonies — men-
tioned, 427, received from England, 386, 397; statement as to
making of to be sent to England, 398.
Sterry, Samuel, soldier, 126.
Sterry, Soloman, soldier, 126.
Stevens, Capt. , mentioned, 260.
Stevens, Abraham, soldier, 126.
Stevens, Benjamin, soldier, 129.
Stevens. Benjamin Franklin, letter written by, in; mentioned, 113.
Stevens, Hezekiah, .soldier, 135.
Stevens, John, soldier, 135.
Stevens, Thomas, soldier, 117.
Stewart, Palmer, soldier, 140.
Stockbridge, letter dated at, 338; mentioned, 61, 68, 167, 338, 355;
soldiers desired sent to, 172; soldiers sent to, 52, 172, 237.
Stockbridge Indians, mission work with described, 338.
Stoddard, Col. John, document signed by, 66; invoices of goods shipped
by, 66, 67; letters written by, 28, 31, 64, 96, 236; letter written to,
48; mentioned, 2, 27, 33, 34, 42, 47, 55, 60, 61, 64, 96, 190, 227, 234.
Stonington, letter dated at, 209; mentioned, 209, 210, 255.
Storer, Joseph, soldier, 117.
Storey, Capt. Samuel, captive, 63.
Storke, Samuel, document signed by, 186; mentioned, 403, 472; sug-
gested as agent for the colony, 381.
Story, Joseph, soldier, 158.
Straights, The, mentioned, 390.
Stratford river, mentioned, 300.
Stratton, John, soldier, 117.
Street, Benjamin, soldier, 153.
Strickland, Jonathan, soldier, 117.
Strong, Rev. Benjamin, mentioned, 299.
Stubbins, Richard, soldier, 122.
“Success” brigantine, invoice of goods shipped on, 66; see “Secess.”
Suckanuch, Peter, soldier, 158.
Suckenuck, Caleb, soldier, 122.
Suckenuck, Joseph, soldier, 122.
Suffield, desires to come under jurisdiction of Conn., 98; mentioned,
342, 408.
Sugar, loaves of, mentioned, 264.
Sumbrun Sieur, mentioned, 75.
Sunderland, Peleg, soldier, 117.
Surveying, allowance made in — mentioned, 178, stated, 88.
Swaddle, Grover, soldier, 145.
Sweet, Jedediah, soldier, 135.
Swetland, Caleb, soldier, 131.
524
LAW PAPERS.
Swift river, mentioned, 179; survey of land at discussed, 87.
Swift river bridge, mentioned, 179.
Swift river hill, mentioned, 88.
Sykes, John, soldier, 117, 119.
Tabernacle house, mentioned, 386.
Taconic mountain, mentioned, 422.
Tainter, Joseph, soldier, 154.
Talcott, Capt., mentioned, 412, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 429.
Talcott, Gov. Joseph, mentioned, 309.
Talcott, Capt. Matthew, mentioned, 73.
Talcott, Capt. and Lieut. Col. Samuel, appointed officer, 112, 113; buys
bills of exchange, 343 ; document signed by, 123 ; is going to
England, 342; letters written by, 12, 420; mentioned, no, 207,
364, 367, 368, 380, 393, 413, 472; roll of company of, 119; soldier,
1:9.
Tallowday, John, soldier, 136, 137.
Tantarro, Tom, soldier, 154.
Tantipan or Tantipine, James, soldier, 127, 128.
Tantipan or Tantipine, Nehemiah, soldier, 127.
Tapham, Benjamin, soldier, ii8; see Topham.
Tarwin, Mr., mentioned, 170; see Far win.
Tatten, Isaac, soldier, 149.
Tattentoun, Lewis, soldier, 149.
Tavern brawl, fully described, 315.
Tax, see Duty.
Taylor, Corp. Elnathan, appointed officer, 155; soldier, 154.
Taylor, Robert, document signed by, 205.
Taylor, William, soldier, 117.
Teal, Samuel, soldier, 149.
Tenbrook (Tim brook), Capt., mentioned, 206, 208.
Terlit, Thomas, soldier, 158.
Theobalds, Mr., mentioned, 304.
Thomas, Amos, soldier, 149.
Thomas, Israel, soldier, 154.
Thomas, John, soldier, 117.
Thomas, Josiah, soldier, 136.
Thomas, Ransford, soldier, 140.
Thomas, Richard, soldier, 131.
Thomas, Samuel, soldier, 145.
Thompson, Mr., mentioned, 386.
Thompson, Samuel, soldier, 117.
Thompson parish, mentioned, 87,
Thomson, James, soldier, 122.
Throope, Samuel, soldier, 149.
Thurston, Jonathan, document signed by, 205.
INDEX.
525
Thurston, Paul, soldier, 117, 118, iig.
Thurston, Pele^, document signed by, 205.
Tibbals, John, soldier, 122.
Ticonderoga, French and Indians .seen near, 49; French fort reported
at, 49.
Tillison, Eleazer, soldier, 127.
Tillison, John, soldier, 154.
Tillittson, Eleazer, soldier, 127.
Tillotson, Elisha, soldier, 117.
Tinker. John, soldier, 140.
Tobago, mentioned, 321.
Tobee, Young, soldier, 154.
Todd, Samuel, soldier, 127.
Tom, Cyder, soldier, 154.
Tomlinson, Capt., mentioned, 282.
Tomtauko, Peter, soldier, 117.
Tomutt, Henry, soldier, 154.
Toney, Tom, soldier, 126.
Topham, Benjamin, soldier, 117; see Tapham.
Tounsend, Chauncey, document signed by, 186.
Tousee, John, soldier. 122.
Tousey, Thomas, letter written to, 398; mentioned, 308, 449; see Clark.
Towner, David, soldier, 122.
Towns, John, soldier, 127.
Townshend, Charles, letter written by, 422.
Towsick, Hatchit, soldier, 136.
Tracey, Eleazer, soldier, 149.
Tracy, Samuel, soldier, 140.
Trade and Plantations, see Commissioners.
Trade, illicit, complaint of made against Conn., 394; carried on with
enemy, 212, 213; seizures in mentioned, 329, 332; vessel con-
demned for, 331.
Trail, Capt., mentioned, 380.
Transports, mentioned, 454.
Trapp, Eddy, captive, 63 ; returned from captivity, 75.
Treasury, see Commissioners.
Treaty with Indians, made, 240; mentioned, 242.
Tripp, John, soldier, 140.
Troops, inlisting of in Conn, under authority of New York — desired,
108, approved, no, being done, 170, i8i; see Canada, Cape
Breton, Connecticut troops. Frontiers, Soldiers, Southern.
Truesdell, Corp. Joseph, soldier, 147.
Truman, Capt., mentioned, 16.
Trumble (later Trumbull), Col. Jonathan, letters written by, 59, 212,
312; letters written to, 323, 372; mentioned, 222, 252, 255, 275,
278, 330, 331. 391. 437. 454-
526
LAW PAPERS.
Trusdell, Thomas, soldier, 135.
Tryon, Ezra, soldier, 131.
Tryon, Corp. John, soldier, 129.
Tubbs, Serg. Alpheus, soldier, 124.
Tubbs, Ezekiel, soldier, 127.
Tubbs, John, soldier, 149.
Tubbs, Samuel, soldier, 147.
Tubbs, Seth, soldier, 140.
Tucker, Benjamin, document signed by, 205.
Tucker, Daniel, soldier, 158.
Tupper, Elias, soldier, 131.
Tupper, Mayhu, soldier, 122.
Turner, Isaac, soldier, 122.
Turner, Jacob, soldier, 122.
Turrel, Amos, soldier, 136.
Turrell, Phinehas, soldier, 154.
Turril, Daniel, soldier, 158.
Turril, Corp. Joshua, soldier, 120.
Tuscarora Indians, goods to be given to, 90; have entered war, 31;
report made by one of the, 49, 51.
Tuttle, Capt. Andrew, soldiers of mentioned, 60.
Tuttle, Jonathan, soldier, 140.
Twelve mile pond, mentioned, 237.
Tyler, Titus, soldier, 153.
Tyng, Capt, mentioned, 445, 446.
United Brethren, act of parliament to encourage settlement of in
America received, 333.
Upson, Asa, soldier, 154.
Utter, John, soldier, 145.
Vandermark, James, soldier, 154, 155.
Vanhorn, Philip, mentioned, 316, 320.
Vansant, Stophels, soldier, 122.
Varin, agreement made before and signed by, 75.
Vermilion, desired, 49.
Verplanck, Philip, document signed by, 95.
Vessels, number and tonnage of clearing from New London, 309; of
New England liable to seizure, 203.
Viceroy, suggested for some of the colonies, 85.
Virginia, mentioned, 53, 91, 93, 162, 316, 389; statement of expenses of
in intended expedition against Canada, 350.
Wade, Stephen, soldier, 154.
Wadsworth, Col. James, document signed by, 303; letters written by,
46, 61, 62, 296; mentioned, 63.
INDEX.
527
Wadhams, Noah, soldier, 117.
Wadington, Joshua, soldier, 132.
Wakefire or Wakefree, Richard, soldier, 132; see Walkefree.
Wakelee, Ebenezer, soldier, 158.
Wakelee, Jacob, soldier, 158.
Waldo, Col., mentioned, 394.
Wales, Elisha, soldier, 150.
Walfox, Robert, soldier, 132.
Walkefree, Robert, soldier, 132; see Wakefire.
Walker, Corp. Israel, soldier, 129.
Walker, John, soldier, 145.
Walker, Serg. Josiah, soldier, 156.
Walker, Nathaniel, soldier, 140.
Walker, Robert, mentioned, 297.
Wall, William, soldier, 127.
Waller, John, soldier, 150.
Walley, Abiel, letter written by, 396; mentioned, 325.
Walling, James, soldier, 136.
Wallingford, letter dated at, 63; mentioned, 239.
Walter, Charles, soldier, 154.
Walters, John, soldier, 131.
Walton, Thomas, soldier, 150.
Wansor, Anthony, soldier, 136.
Wanton, Edward, document signed by, 205.
Wanton, Gov. Gideon, letters written by, 30, 201 ; letters written to,
21 1, 232.
Wanton, Stephen, document signed by, 205.
Wantwood, Benjamin, soldier, 154.
War, see French and Indian, Proclamation.
War with Spain, ordered discontinued, 327.
Warbler, Joseph, soldier, 158.
Ward, Corp. Abijah, soldier, 138.
Ward, Joah, soldier, 124.
Ward, Jonathan, soldier, 122.
Ware river, mentioned, 179.
Wareing, Michel, soldier, 136.
Wareing, Richard, soldier, 136.
Warren, James, soldier, 122.
Warren, Nathaniel, soldier, 131.
Warren, Vice Admiral Sir Peter, felicitations, extended to, 107; letter
written to, 106; mentioned, ii, 105, 177, 178, 454; resigns as
governor of Louisburg, 452.
Warren, Robert, soldier, 145.
Washbond, Serg. Gideon, soldier, 151.
Washborn, Serg. Ephraim, wishes authority to go against the enemy,
247.
528
LAW PAPERS.
Washburn, Timothy, soldier, 150.
Waterman, Ezekiel, soldier, 150.
Waters, John, soldier, 131.
Waters, Jacob, soldier, 149.
Watts, Capt., mentioned, 18.
Watts, Samuel, mentioned, i.
Waug, Samuel, soldier, 127.
Wauhumpit, John, soldier, 145.
Way, Jaeob, soldier, ny.
Way, James, soldier, 158.
Way, May, soldier,' 158.
Wealch, Samuel, soldier, 131.
Webb, Mr., mentioned, 473.
Webb, Samuel, soldier, 136.
Webster, Caleb, soldier, 117.
Webucks, Joseph, soldier, 145.
Weed, Ebenezer, soldier, 136.
Welbeck street, mentioned, 387; see Willbank.
Welch, John, soldier, 140.
Welch, Jonathan, soldier, 140, 142.
Welch, Paul, soldier, 136.
Welles or Wells, Samuel, document signed by, 95; letters written by,
18, 23, 161, 168, 287; letter written to, 106; mentioned, 85, 86,
293, 308.
Welles or Wells, Col. Thomas, itemized bill of as commissary, 457;
mentioned, 52, no, 262, 355.
Welton, George, soldier, 131.
Welton, Serg. Stephen, soldier, 129,
Wendall, Col., mentioned, 85.
Wendell, Jacob, document signed by, 221; mentioned, i.
Wentworth, Gov. Benning, letter written by, 41; mentioned, 333.
Wentworth, Moses, soldier, 140.
Wescote, Nathaniel, soldier, 158.
West, Mr., mentioned, 281, 282, 472.
West, Benjamin, soldier,’ 1 17.
West, Elisha, letter signed by, 449.
Western frontiers, provisions sent to mentioned, 82; troops desired
sent for defence of, 96.
Westfield, mentioned, 408, 417.
West Indies, mentioned, 262, 389, 390, 431.
Westminster, letter dated at, 387.
Wethersfield, letter dated at, 12, 137, 233; mentioned, 458.
Wetmore, Seth, document signed by, 303 ; letters written by, 207, 228,
229.
Wetmore, Thomas, soldier, 117.
“Weymouth” sloop, invoice of goods shipped on, 67. ^
INDEX.
529
Whale fishery, act of parliament to encourage received, 333.
Wheedon, John, soldier, 154.
Wheeland, John, soldier, 154.
Wheeler, Corp. Jesse, soldier, 152.
Wheelwright, John, document signed by, 345.
Whelpley, Corp. Jonathan, .soldier, 156.
Whelpley, Nathan, soldier, 158.
Whelply, David, soldier, 136.
Whelply, Isaac, soldier, 136.
Whipple, Zechery or Zechariah, soldier, 145.
White, John, soldier, 118.
White, Samuel, soldier, 131.
White, William, soldier, 131.
Whitefield, George, letter written by, 386; mentioned, 350.
Whitehall, documents dated at, 45, 456; letters dated at, 39, 217, 242,
244, 254, 265, 327, 333, 386, 397, 421, 452, 466, 467, 468, 469; men-
tioned, 334, 335, 423, 446.
Whiticus or Whittacus, Jonathan, soldier, 154.
Whiting, Mr., mentioned, 45, 108, 380.
Whiting, Col., mentioned, no.
Whiting, John, mentioned, 455.
Whiting, Lieut. Nathan, mentioned, 322, 323, 325, 326, 372.
Whiting, Capt. William, appointed officer, 114; document signed by,
150; roll of company of, 147; soldier, 147.
Whitmore, Samuel, soldier, 140.
Whitney, James, soldier, 136.
Whitney, Corp. William, soldier, 115.
Whittelsey, Mr., mentioned, 259.
Whittelsey, Rev. mentioned, 239.
Whittlesey, Ambrose, mentioned, 438.
Whittlesey, Serg. John, soldier, 142, 146.
Wickham, Benjamin, document signed by, 205.
Wickham, Charles, document signed by, 205.
Wicks, Zephaniah, soldier, 118.
Wigglesworth, Dr., mentioned, 192.
Wilkinson, Serg. Robert, soldier, 115.
Wilks, Francis, mentioned, 400, 401, 403, 407, 419, 449, 474.
Will, Tom, soldier, 154.
Willard, Col. Josiah, attestation of copy of documents by, 2, 3, 23, 76,
82, 166, 221, 271; attestation of copy of letters by, 49, 292, 446,
452; documents signed by, 2, 3, 75, 166, 221, 271; letters written
by, 50, 60, 167, 223, 260, 271, 286, 381, 451; letters written to, 55,
275; mentioned, 63, 277, 283, 291, 356, 357.
Willbank street, mentioned, 386; see Welbeck.
Willey, William, & Co., document signed by, 186.
Williams, Col., mentioned, 423.
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53°
LAW PAPERS.
Williams, Maj., mentioned, 64.
Williams, Capt. and Col. Elisha, appointed officer, 112, 113; bills of
exchange drawn for, 408; discussion by him of payment of
expenses of regiment for intended expedition against Canada,
358, 360; dismissal of soldiers in regiment of described, 56; docu-
ment signed by, 118; his entering into partnership for trade
discussed, 388; is going to England, 342; letters written by, 12,
107, 360, 369, 372, 387, 395, 429; letters written to, 338, 350, 358,
360, 386, 401; mentioned, 3, 106, 108, 112, 171, 172, 175, 178, 180,
182, 190, 191, 266, 268, 269, 31 1, 312, 343, 363, 364, 366, 368, 369,
380, 384, 396, 403, 405, 407, 423, 424, 428, 431, 432, 471; muster
roll of regiment under command of, 114; payment granted to for
services, 402 ; roll of company of, 115 ; sent to Boston with papers,
104; statement of difficulties in England over payment for
expenses of his regiment in intended expedition against Canada,
372; sum allowed as payment, 383; soldier, 115; see Canada.
Williams, Col. Ephraim, letter written by, 338 ; sketch of, 338.
Williams, Isaac, soldier, 118.
Williams, Israel, letter written by, 46, 291.
Williams, Serg. John, soldier, 151.
Williams, Lambert, soldier, 145, 147.
Williams, Nathan, soldier, 127.
Williams, Samuel, soldier, 131.
Williams, Solomon, mentioned, 395.
Williams, Stephen, soldier, 127.
Williams, Uriah, soldier, 127, 128.
Williams, William, letter written to, 395.
Williams College, mentioned, 338.
Willmut, Frances, soldier, 158.
Wills, Jacob, soldier, 145.
Winchester, mentioned, 97, 391.
Windham, mentioned, 200.
Windham Co., mentioned, 346.
Windsor, letters dated at, 109, 186, 324, 356; mentioned, 384, 396, 408.
Wintworth, Jared, soldier, 145.
Wixon, Ebenezer, soldier, 136.
Wolcott, Gen., mentioned, 87.
Wolcott, Capt. later Gov. Oliver, commission — desired, 187, may be
given, 222, not received, 215, 216, sent for, 224; is raising a
company, 200; has marched with his company, 234; letter written
by, 200; mentioned, 190, 199, 200, 208, 209, 216, 225, 226; receives
beating orders to inlist a company, 188.
Wolcott, Dep. Gov. and Maj. Gen. later Gov. Roger, appointed deputy
governor, 247; death of his wife mentioned, 190, 194, letters
written by, 51, 59, 84, 109, 186, 194, 226, 234, 259, 324, 327, 356,
382; letters written to, 31, 64, 85, 87, 96, 108, 167, 168, 170, 178,
INDEX.
531
i88, i8g, 198, 225, 236, 261, 263, 273, 287, 448; mentioned, 47, iii,
230, 232, 274, 293, 438, 446, 454.
Wolcott arms, noted as used on a letter, 325.
Wollaston, John, deposition signed by, 319; mentioned, 313, 315, 316,
319-
Wood, Abel, soldier, 122.
Wood, Jonathan, soldier, 122.
Wood, Corp. Thomas, soldier, 142.
Wood creek, mentioned, 49, 51.
Woodbridge, Rev. Ashbel, appointed chaplain, 114; soldier, 115.
Woodruff, Corp. Elijah, soldier, 129.
Woodruff, Jonathan, soldier, 122.
Woodstock, desires to come under jurisdiction of Conn., 98; memorial
of inhabitants of mentioned, 167; mentioned, 342, 346, 408,415.
Woodward, Henry, soldier, 131.
Woodward and Saffery line, mentioned, 408, 409, 414, 418, 422.
Woodworth, Corp. Ebenezer, soldier, 129.
Woorster or Worster, Ens. Arthur, appointed officer, 114; soldier, 151.
Wooster, David, letter written by, 448.
Wooster or Worster, Capt. Joseph, appointed officer, 114; document
signed by, 159; mentioned, 247; roll of company of, 156; soldier,
156.
Wrentham, mentioned, 417.
Wright, Ebenezer, soldier, 140.
Wright, John, soldier, 158.
Wright, Phinehas, soldier, 149.
Wright, Samuel, soldier, 117.
Wright, Simeon, mentioned, 121.
Wyllys, Capt. George, documents signed by, 96, 304; letters signed by,
35, 437. 439; letters written by, 250, 278, 414, 416; letters written
to, 275, 310, 385, 405, 415, 422; mentioned, 327, 356, 382, 384, 385.
Yale College, mentioned, 187, 350.
Yarrington, Rufus, soldier, 145,
York, Joseph, soldier, 127.
York money, mentioned, 29, 31.
Zachary, John, & Co., document signed by, 186.
Ziklag, Tobit, soldier, 154.
532
LAW PAPERS.
ERRATA.
Page 6o. For Nathaniel Stanley read Nathaniel Stanly.
Page 95. For Robtt Hale read Robt Hale.
Page 133. For Col Henman or Hinman read Coe Henman or Hinman.
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